Apitz v. Teledyne Monarch Rubber Hourly Pension Plan

ORDER

SAM H. BELL, District Judge.

Presently pending before the court in the above-captioned cause are cross motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiffs and defendants pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Plaintiffs are a group of 43 retirees formerly employed by defendant Teledyne, Inc. (hereinafter Teledyne) who instituted this cause with the filing of a complaint on August 27, 1991. Plaintiffs subsequently filed an amended complaint (hereinafter the complaint) on February 3, 1992. The complaint is premised upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et…