United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging breach of fiduciary duty with regard to a transfer of their pension plans, is affirmed where plaintiffs lack standing since their suit alleges particularized harm to individual plan beneficiaries, and not the entire plan as required by ERISA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2005
• Published 03/17/2005

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jani K. Rachelson (argued), Bruce S. Levine, Elizabeth O'Leary, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, Hal K. Gillespie, Gillespie, Rozen, Watsky, Motley & Jones, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Elizabeth Hopkins (argued), Karen L. Handorf, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for U.S. Dept. of Labor, Amicus Curiae., Mary Ellen Signorille, AARP, Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae., Eugene B. Granof, Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Herndon, VA, Jerry D. Anker, Airline Pilots Ass'n Intern., Washington, DC, for Air Line Pilots Ass'n Intern., Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward Patterson Perrin, Jr. (argued), Jennifer Ruth Poe, Hallett & Perrin, Dallas, TX, Gregory Scott Coleman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.