Elser v. National Pension Fund

684 F.2d 648 95 Lab.Cas. P 13,774 , 3 Employee Benefits Ca 2155 Madge H. ELSER and Margaret E. Thomas, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. I. A. M. NATIONAL PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee. Nos. 80-6095, 81-5024. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 1982. Decided Aug. 20, 1982. 1 Robert M. Simpson, Rose, Klein & Marias, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee. 2 Robert D. Vogel, Pappy, Kaplon & Vogel, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellant. 3 Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before HAYNSWORTH * and CHOY, Circuit Judges and JAMESON, ** District Judge. JAMESON, Senior District Judge: 5 Defendant-appellant, I. A. M. National Pension Fund, has appealed from a judgment holding that the Fund's cancellation provisions are arbitrary and capricious and that plaintiffs-appellees, Madge H. Elser and Margaret C. Thomas, and others similarly situated, were improperly denied pensions. I. Factual Background 6 The Fund operates a…