Legal Opinion
Williams v. Caterpillar, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1991No. 89-16353PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
Nine former, long-term employees of Caterpillar appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their claims. They contend that the company’s calculation of their pension and retiree medical benefits constitutes a breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988). We now affirm.
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Each of the appellants has devoted between seventeen and twenty-three years of service to Caterpillar as an employee of the company’s original manufacturing plant in San Leandro, California. All began as hourly workers,…
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