Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1997No. 93-55392PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PREGERSON; Dissent by Judge NORRIS.
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s dismissal of their action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et. seq. Plaintiffs are retired Hughes Aircraft Company employees who are participants in the Hughes Non-Bargaining Retirement Plan (the “Contributory Plan”). Plaintiffs allege in their complaint that the employer, defendant Hughes Aircraft Company (“Hughes”), breached its statutory and fiduciary duties under ERISA when it used the Contributory Plan’s surplus…
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