Legal Opinion
Gosselink v. American Telephone & Telegraph, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 7, 2001No. 00-20887PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
The Plaintiffs, John Gosselink, Phillip Tutt, and Richard Simms, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated (“Plaintiffs”) appeal from the district court’s judgment which denied class certification, dismissed Gosselinks’s claim for increased pension benefits, dismissed Gos-selink’s claims for declaratory and injunc-tive relief, and dismissed their claims against AT&T as time barred. The issue on appeal is whether the Southwestern Bell Communications Benefit Plan Committee (“Plan Committee”) interpreted specific plan language in a manner that is…
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