United States Fourth Circuit

Plaintiffs' claims are those for maladministration against defendants that fall within the scope of section 502(a) of ERISA, and therefore were properly treated as federal claims warranting their removal from state court to federal court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/14/2003
• Published 03/14/2003

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Mary Donne Peters, Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants.  Thomas V. Flaherty, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  James W. Standard, Jr., Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellants.  Nathaniel K. Tawney, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees.