Wallace Odneal v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan

948 F.2d 1293 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Wallace ODNEAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY; Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-15833. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 19, 1991. Decided Dec. 2, 1991. Before D.W. NELSON, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Wallace Odneal appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan (collectively "PG & E"). 1 The district court held that Odneal's state law claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 301-309 , 441, 1001-1461. The district court rejected on the merits Odneal's claims that PG & E had violated its fiduciary duty under ERISA or interfered with Odneal's protected rights in violation of ERISA.…