Watkins v. Westinghouse Hanford Company

12 F.3d 1517 62 USLW 2467 , 17 Employee Benefits Cas. 1990 Jimmie L. WATKINS, Wanda Watkins, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. WESTINGHOUSE HANFORD COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Nos. 91-36195, 91-36233. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 1, 1993. Decided Dec. 29, 1993. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc March 22, 1994. Daryl D. Jonson, Cowan, Walker, Jonson, Moore, Nickola & Heye, Richland, WA, for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants. Marvin L. Gray, Jr., Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before: TANG, FARRIS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. OPINION RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is our second trip through the thicket of pension plans at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (HNR). In Carver v. Westinghouse Hanford Co., 951 F.2d 1083 (9th Cir.1991), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 112 S.Ct. 3036 , 120 L.Ed.2d 905 (1992), we considered whether Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC)'s Operating and Engineering Pension…