Pens. Plan Guide P 23915n

66 F.3d 335 Pens. Plan Guide P 23915N NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Raymond A. INFANTINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE GROUP; Transamerica Insurance Company; Fairmont Financial, Inc.; Fairmont Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-55879. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1995. Decided Sept. 12, 1995. Before: CANBY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM ** Transamerica Insurance denied Raymond Infantino's claim for benefits under Transamerica's pension plan. Infantino consequently brought this action in federal court, asserting that he was entitled under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132 , to benefits under Transamerica's plan. In the alternative, he asserted various state law claims for damages and specific performance of an agreement to include him in the pension plan. The district court granted summary judgment in…