John Flanagan v. Inland Empire Electrical Workers Pension Plan & Trust
Opinion
Opinion
3 F.3d 1246 62 USLW 2200 , 17 Employee Benefits Ca 1022 John FLANAGAN; Joseph Missett, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INLAND EMPIRE ELECTRICAL WORKERS PENSION PLAN & TRUST; Paul L. Briggs; Ralph R. Ecker; Don H. Swartz; Glen L. Evans; George R. Elgin; Clayton M. Smith; John Doe, its named fiduciaries, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-36188. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 15, 1993. Decided Aug. 30, 1993. Stephen M. Rummage, Richard J. Birmingham, Bruce Lamka, Clifford Cantor, Davis Wright Tremaine; Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Allen Bruce McKenzie, Donaldson, Kiel & McKenzie, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: CANBY, WIGGINS, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Former participants in a multiemployer, collectively-bargained pension plan brought this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1001-1461 (West 1985 & Supp.1993), seeking injunctive and monetary relief against the plan and its trustees. The…