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. e du/thir dc ir c uit_1996/38UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 95-1795 and 95-1796

DONALD R. KURZ; WILLIAM ANDERSON; JAMES E.W. BECK; WILLIAM T. BERGEN; CHARLES W. BOWD EN; WILLIAM H. BROWN; RICHARD CAHILL; ARMANDO L. C APOFERRI; ROBERT C. DEMARCO; JAMES J. DILOLLE, SR.; VI NCENT J. DIMAGGIO; JOHN J. DIVALENTINO, JR.; WILLIAM E . DRUMEL; VICTOR J. GIBIALANTE; FRANCIS T. GOLDEN; JA MES J. GRANGER; ELMER D. GREIM, JR.; JAMES H. HAIR; JOHN M. HOOPES; BENJAMIN J. KILIAN; GEORGE C. LINT HICUM; HUBERT A. MCKOWN, JR.; HENRY P. MCNAME E; OLIVER K. MESSNER; ROBERT E. MILLER; JOHN A. MORSE; SAMUEL J. MULLEN; JOHN A. MUNLEY; STANLEY B. MYERS; JOHN J. NUSSPICKEL; JAMES W. PATTERSON; ALF RED B. SCHUMANN; JOSEPH C. SHARKEY; WILLIAM H. SM OYER; WOODROW E. SNYDER; JAMES D. SUTLIFF; EDWARD J . VETNER; DOMINIC C. VIGLIANESE; G. EARLE WATT; FRED ERICK W. WINTERLING; JOHN R. YOUNG

v.

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; SERVICE AN NUITY PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; CHAR LES L. FRITZ; J.L. EVERETT, III; JOHN H. AUSTIN, JR.

JOHN J. DIVALENTINO, JR., WILLIAM E. DRU MEL; JOHN A. MORSE; SAMUEL J. MULLEN; STANELY B. MYERS; DOMINIC C. VIGLIANESE; JAMES J. DILOLLE; BE NJAMIN J. KILIAN; CHARLES W. BOWDEN; ELMER D. GREI M, JR.; FREDERICK W. WINTERLING; JAMES W. BECK; JAMES H. HAIR; ROBERT C. DEMARCO; ALFRED G. SCHUMANN; RICHAR D CAHILL; JAMES W. PATTERSON; JOHN M. HOOPES; HUBERT A. MCKOWN, JR.; ROBERT E. MILLER; JAMES D. SUTLIFF; HE NRY P. MCNAMEE; FRANCIS T. GOLDEN; WILLIAM T. BE RGEN; GEORGE C. LINTHICUM; WILLIAM W. ANDERSON: J OHN R. YOUNG; VINCENT J. DIMAGGIO; SHIELDS L. DAL TROFF; RICHARD O. FOLKMAN; ALFRED E. STAVOLA; ROBE RT H.C. LESS; SAMUEL E. BELL; DONALD F. WASHINGTON; FRANK J. GALLAGHER; MAURICE M. PEITZMAN; HARRY G. TURNER, JR.; ROBERT I. FRIEND; DONALD C. ROBINS ON; WILLIAM J. LEAMAN, JR.; AUGUSTUS W. O'MALLEY ; DALLAS S. SCOTT, JR.; JOHN S. STILLWAGON; ROBERT C. H ECKESSER; WILLIAM R. TRAVETTI; WILLIAM B. HORLOCK; JAME S STATES; THOMAS W. RAYER; JOHN H. VONRHINE; WALTER ALL WOERDEN; GEORGE C. WIEDERSUM, JR.; JAMES R. MCCARRON; SALVATOR J. DESTEFANO; JOHN C. GARVIN; A. WILLIAM LAN CASTER; JOSEPH A. FOCHT; ROBERT MITCHELL; JOSEPH P. S UBRANNI;JOHN F. CRAWFORD; WILLIAM G. TAYLOR; KENNETH R . SEDGLEY,

JR., IRWIN G. BLACKBURN; CHARLES R. CAREY; JOHN R. YOUNG; JESSEE E. GRAY, JR.; JAMES D. DERSTINE; ALLEN H. BRAID; PAUL L. THOMAS; STEPHEN MICKLOSH, JR.; WILLIAM L. GIBBONS; RUSSELL B. MURRAY; ROLAND J. MARKUN; ERNEST W. BEAM; RAYMOND W. SCHOLL, JR.; JOHN F. PARKER; JOSEPH F. MCBRIDE; VINCENT S. BOYER; MARTIN M. MORGAN and DAVID MONZO,

Appellants i n 95-1795

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DONALD R. KURZ; WILLIAM ANDERSON; JAMES E.W. BECK; WILLIAM T. BERGEN; CHARLES W. BOWD EN; WILLIAM H. BROWN; RICHARD CAHILL; ARMANDO L. C APOFERRI; ROBERT C. DEMARCO; JAMES J. DILOLLE, SR.; VI NCENT J. DIMAGGIO; JOHN J. DIVALENTINO, JR.; WILLIAM E . DRUMEL; VICTOR J. GIBIALANTE; FRANCIS T. GOLDEN; JA MES J. GRANGER; ELMER D. GREIM, JR.; JAMES H. HAIR; JOHN M. HOOPES; BENJAMIN J. KILIAN; GEORGE C. LINT HICUM; HUBERT A. MCKOWN, JR.; HENRY P. MCNAME E; OLIVER K. MESSNER; ROBERT E. MILLER; JOHN A. MORSE; SAMUEL J. MULLEN; JOHN A. MUNLEY; STANLEY B. MYERS; JOHN J. NUSSPICKEL; JAMES W. PATTERSON; ALF RED B. SCHUMANN; JOSEPH C. SHARKEY; WILLIAM H. SM OYER; WOODROW E. SNYDER; JAMES D. SUTLIFF; EDWARD J . VETNER; DOMINIC C. VIGLIANESE; G. EARLE WATT; FRED ERICK W. WINTERLING; JOHN R. YOUNG

v.

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; SERVICE AN NUITY PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; CHA RLES L. FRITZ; J.L. EVERETT, III; JOHN H. AUSTIN, JR.

Peco Energy Company, formerly Known as Philadelphia Electric Company, Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company, Charles L. Fritz, J.L. Everett, III and John H. Austin, Jr.

Appellants in 95-1796.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvan ia (D.C. Civil Action No. 91-cv-02771)

Argued April 29, 1996Before: COWEN and ROTH, Circuit Judge s

and CINDRICH, District Judge

ORDER AMENDING SLIP OPINION

IT IS ORDERED that the slip opinion in the abo ve case, filed on October 1, 1996, be amended as follows: On page 5, line 13, add an "s" to the word "de fendant" and delete the name "PECo". On page 18, Section III, delete the last sente nce and replace it with the following sentence: We will therefore reverse the district court's judgment and enter judgment on be half of all defendants.

By the Court,

/s/ Jane R. Roth Circuit Judge

Dated: October 1, l996