Donna Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corporation

97 F.3d 1187 78 A.F.T.R.2d 96 -6690, 65 USLW 2249 , 96-2 USTC P 50,533 , 20 Employee Benefits Cas. 1873 , Unempl.Ins.Rep. (CCH) P 15588B , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7370 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,105 , Pens. Plan Guide P 23926U Donna VIZCAINO; Jon R. Waite; Mark Stout; Geoffrey Culbert; Lesley Stuart; Thomas Morgan; Elizabeth Spokoiny; Larry Spokoiny, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, and its pension and welfare benefit plans, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35770. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 18, 1995. Decided Oct. 3, 1996. Stephen K. Strong and David F. Stobaugh, Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. James D. Oswald and Timothy St. Clair Smith, Davies, Roberts & Reid, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Carolyn R. Dimmick, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-93-00178-CRD. Before: REINHARDT and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge. * Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge TROTT. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Large corporations have increasingly adopted the practice of…