United States Ninth Circuit

In an action challenging Defendant-City's policy of discontinuing health insurance coverage to employees after their retirement, judgment for Defendant is vacated with instructions to dismiss where Plaintiffs' claims were unripe because: 1) employees had yet to retire; and 2) Defendant-City did not deny employees health benefits.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2009
• Decided 05/04/2009
• Published 05/04/2009

Judges

• Before SUSAN P. GRABER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen L. Brischetto, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Franz, Jr., Law Office of Robert E. Franz, Jr., Springfield, OR, for the defendants-appellees.