Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

GASCH, Senior District Judge.

This case concerns the proper disposition of the residual assets of a terminated pension plan. Plaintiff Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (Firestone) challenges the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) rejection of Firestone’s proposed alternative method for calculating how much, if any, of the nine million dollars left in Firestone’s terminated pension fund is “attributable to employee contributions.” The issue presently before the Court, however, is proposed amicus curiae’s motion for appointment to advise the Court on the need for appointment of counsel…