United States Ninth Circuit
Vaughn v. Bay Env't Mgmt., Inc., 05-17100
In an ERISA case, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs who have already received payout from defined contribution plans are "participants" under ERISA section 502; and 2) the additional amount participants would have received from a defined benefits plan but for breach of fiduciary duty are "vested benefits" which plaintiffs can recover.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/12/2008
- Decided 09/19/2008
- Published 09/19/2008
Judges
- BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: B. FLETCHER and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges, and KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Teresa S. Renaker, Lewis Feinberg Lee Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Oakland, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Elizabeth Hopkins, U.S. Dep't of Labor, Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae supporting plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Nicole A. Diller (argued), D. Ward Kallstrom, Andrew C. Sullivan, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees Bay Environmental Inc., Caesar Nuti, and Dennis Varni., Bernard Gehlhar (argued), James D. Boughey, Reina G. Minoya, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees FSC Securities Corp. and Jerrold N. Weinberg.