Roberta L. Franklin v. Jack W. Thornton, Thornton & Franklin Money Purchase Pension Plan, Thornton & Franklin Profit Sharing Plan, Roberta L. Franklin v. Jack W. Thornton

983 F.2d 939 16 Employee Benefits Cas. 1433 Roberta L. FRANKLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack W. THORNTON, Thornton & Franklin Money Purchase Pension Plan, Thornton & Franklin Profit Sharing Plan, Defendants-Appellees. Roberta L. FRANKLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack W. THORNTON, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 90-16274, 90-16717. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 17, 1992. Decided Jan. 11, 1993. Patrick J. Borchers, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Terrence J. Cassidy, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: GOODWIN, O'SCANNLAIN, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff-Appellant Roberta L. Franklin ("Franklin") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Jack W. Thornton ("Thornton"), Thornton & Franklin Money Purchase Pension Plan, and Thornton & Franklin Profit Sharing Plan (collectively "Thornton Defendants"), denial of her motion for summary judgment, and grant of attorney's fees to the…