Kerber v. Qwest Pension Plan

BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, former employees of U.S. West, Inc. (U.S.West) and Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Qwest), filed this putative class action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § § 1001-1461, challenging certain amendments to an employee benefit plan that purported to eliminate a so-called “pensioner death benefit.” The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. Plaintiffs now appeal from that ruling. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

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A. The U.S. West and Qwest…