Amato v. Bernard

618 F.2d 559 104 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2719 , 54 A.L.R.Fed. 349, 2 Employee Benefits Ca 2536 Michael R. AMATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. W. BERNARD; Warren Driver; C. V. Holder; Roy Silver; John Kuhl; Paul Miller, Rex Bowlby, Sam Heil, Gerald Stedman, J. W. Wood, Individually and as Trustees, Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California; Vivian Ciervo; Roger Lopez, Defendants-Appellees. No. 78-1931. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 8, 1980. 1 Edward J. Howell, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 James P. Watson, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, * Senior District Judge. 5 HANSON, Senior District Judge. 6 The appellant, Michael R. Amato, brought this suit against the trustees and two employees of the Carpenters Pension Trust for Southern California (the Trust) on July 13, 1977. The amended complaint states two causes of action. The first, which seeks a declaration of the parties' rights and duties under the Trust's Pension Plan, alleges that Amato is entitled to a full pension…