United States DC Circuit

Claims brought by retired pilots of a bankrupt carrier seeking to compel the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to correct alleged errors in its calculation of estimated benefits due under ERISA and a retirement income plan are dismissed due to the pilots' failure to exhaust their administrative remedies.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/14/2006
• Decided 05/02/2006
• Published 05/02/2006

Judges

• Before:  HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sara R. Pikofsky argued the cause for appellants.   With her on the briefs was Sherwin Kaplan.


• For Appellees:
  
• Garth D. Wilson, Attorney, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), argued the cause for appellee PBGC. With him on the brief were Jeffrey B. Cohen, Chief Counsel, Nancy S. Heermans, Associate Chief Counsel, Paula J. Connelly, Assistant Chief Counsel, and Beth A. Bangert, Jean Marie Breen, and Sandra A. Garrick, Attorneys.