United States Sixth Circuit

Because plaintiff is not permitted to maintain an ERISA claim in its own name as the employers' agent, the case was properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2004
• Published 04/05/2004

Judges

• COOK, Circuit Judge., Before SILER and COOK, Circuit Judges;  BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven M. Ott (argued and briefed), Ott & Associates, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew S. Pollis (argued and briefed), Robert J. Fogarty (briefed), Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, Mark J. Schwemler (briefed), Elliott, Reihner, Siedzkowski & Egan, Blue Bell, PA, Christopher S. Williams, Henry G. Grendell (briefed), Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, Shaunda A. Patterson-Strachan, Stephen H. Goldberg, Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr., Jorden Burt LLP (briefed), Washington, D.C., for Appellees.