Thesenvitz v. Kaiser Engineers Hanford Co.

15 F.3d 1090 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Glenn D. THESENVITZ; Donald Heberlein; James E. Berwick; Donald E. Palmer; Kenneth L. Wilson, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KAISER ENGINEERS HANFORD CO., Defendant-Appellant, and Kaiser Engineers Hanford Retirement Plan; Administrative Committee for the Kaiser Engineers Hanford Retirement Plan, Defendants. No. 92-36592. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 5, 1994. * Feb. 8, 1994. Before: WRIGHT, CANBY, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 2 Plaintiffs-Appellees are a group of former employees of Kaiser Engineers Hanford Company (KEH). KEH had contracted with the Department of Energy to perform certain tasks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, which had previously been performed by the Jones Construction Company (Jones). 3 KEH took over most of Jones' work force and also assumed liability for Jones' pension plan and…