1996 Decisions

Opinions of the United

States Court of Appeals

for the Third Circuit

10-1-1996

Fischer v. Phila Elec Co

Precedential or Non-Precedential:

Docket 95-1793,95-1794

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"Fischer v. Phila Elec Co" (1996). 1996 Decisions. Paper 36.

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 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

 FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT 

 

 No. 95-1793 and 95-1794 

 

 HERBERT L. FISCHER; FLOYD L. ADAMS; JAMES W. ALFREDS; 

 JOHN I. ARENA; EARL T. ATKINSON; WILLIAM AUVE; THOMAS 

 F. BECK; WILLIAM J. BONO; WILLIAM A. BURWELL, JR., 

 JOSEPH C. CALABRESE; PETER CARFAGNO; JOHN B. CREIGHTON; 

 RALPH J. DAFERMO, SR.; FELIX A. DEJOSEPH; JOSEPH A. DEVITO; 

 JOHN T. DOUGHERTY; JOHN J. DOWLING; ANTHONY FALASCA; 

 EUGENE FINK; RITA J. GESUALDO; EDWIN HAINES; JOSEPH T. HALEY; 

 DANIEL J. HEFFERAN; LEO M. HILL; ROBERT J. HOOPES; 

 DONALD J. HOY; MICHAEL HRYNKO; DONALD HUGHES; CARL M. HUNSICKER; 

 NEAL IRELAND; WALTER D. KRAUS; CHARLES E. LINDEMUTH; ROBERT 

 F. MAHONEY; ANTHONY D. MARCHESANI; ROBERT P.F. MCCARON; 

 ROBERT MCCORMICK; FRANK L. MERCADANTE; JOHN P. MONAGHAN; 

 DAVID MONZO; JOHN K. MOORE; JOSEPH P. MORAN; MILDRED PEARL 

MORGAN; RALPH E. MOYER; HERBERT E. MUELLER; JAMES J. NUGENT; 

 THOMAS E. OETZEL; FRANK W. PERSICHETTI, SR.; CHARLES W. 

 PLUMMER; LEWIS RAIBLEY; JAMES J. RODDY; JOHN J. SAUNDERS; 

 LOUIS F. SAUNDERS; NICHOLAS J. SCRENCI; JOSEPH J. 

 SEMETTI; JOHN STEINDL; WILLIAM F. THOMPSON; MICHAEL W. 

 TRENDLER; FRANCIS R. TUNNEY, SR.; HERBERT R. WALTERS; 

 RICHARD S. WILSON; JOHN H. ZIMMER; GERALD A. ZIMMERMAN 

 

 v. 

 PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; JOSEPH F. PAQUETTE, JR.; 

 MICHAEL J. CROMMIE; SERVICE ANNUITY PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA 

 ELECTRIC COMPANY 

 HERBERT L. FISCHER, JOHN B. CREIGHTON, FRANCIS R. TUNNEY, SR.; 

 EARL ATKINSON, LEO M. HILL, DONALD HUGHES; JOSEPH P. MORAN; 

 MICHAEL W. TRENDLER; JOHN H. ZIMMER; WILLIAM AUVE; 

 JOHN STEINDL; LOUIS F. SAUNDERS; ROBERT MCCORMICK; 

 . WILLIAM J. BONO; JAMES J. RODDY; RITA J. GESUALDO; RALPH J. 

 DAFERMO, SR.; JOSEPH C. CALABRESE; JAMES W. ALFREDS; 

 FELIX A. DEJOSEPH; EUGENE FINK; JOSEPH T. HALEY; 

 WALTER D. KRAUS; CHARLES W. PLUMMER; ROBERT P.F. MCCARRON; 

 RICHARD S. WILSON; JOHN P. MONAGHAN, RALPH E. MOYER; JOHN J. 

DOWLING; JOSEPH J. SEMETTI; CHARLES E. LINDEMUTH; ROBERT F. 

 MAHONEY; JOHN K. MOORE; JAMES J. NUGENT; JOHN J. SAUNDERS; 

 ANTHONY FALASCA; DANIEL J. HEFFEREN; NICHOLAS J. 

 SCRENCI; THOMAS E. OETZEL; DONALD J. HOY; FLOYD L. 

 ADAMS, THOMAS F. BECK; JOHN T. DOUGHERTY; WILLIAM F. 

 THOMPSON; GERALD A. ZIMMERMAN; HERBERT E. 

 MUELLER; HERBERT R. WALTERS; LEWIS RAIBLEY; 

 JOSEPH L. GIORGIO; JOSEPH DEVITO; 

 DAVID MONZO; THOMAS J. LEE; THOMAS B. BARNES, JR.; 

 PHILIP G. MULLIGAN; ROBERT L. TOMLINSON; JOHN R. GRIMES; 
 W.B. WILLSEY; WILLIAM J. MOSS; JAMES T. PRYOR; ROBERT 

 J. GLENN; GEORGE C. ZAPP; JOSEPH J. DELLA VECCHIO; 

 GEORGE V. CHURACH; CHARLES T. REIMEL; ANDREW J. 

 KELLEHER; GEORGE C. HALL; WILLIAM P. ZACKEY; 

 FRANCIS W. BATIPPPS; HARRY C. FRYMIARE, JR.; 

 JOSEPH J. GRECO; RICHARD R. ROWLANDS; JESSE P. 

 BOYD; JAMES D. DENNETT; VERNON C. READMAN, JR.; 

 JOSEPH L. GIORGIO,; EDWARD M. HAILE; EUGENE C. SCHINDLER; 

 JOHN P. SWAHL; ELMER E. LUCAS; JAMES L. ROUSH; 

 JAMES V. LEWIS; ALBERT J. RIEGER; THOMAS J. SHERIDAN, JR.; 

 DOLORES A. ROMANO; HELEN J. THROCKMORTON; ROBERT E. 

 SPROSS; WILLIAM P. ROHLFING; EDWARD C. KISTNER, JR.; 

 HARRY W. BACKHOUSE; JAMES V. MANNION, JR.; JOSEPH E. 

 BONAPARTE; WILLIAM A. BRADY, JR.; MALCOLM J. MACNEIL; 

 MANUS J. COONEY; JOHN J. KUHNS; MARLENE BELL; DEAN G. BRADFORD; 

 JAMES W. BATEMAN; JAMES S. HERRICK; STANLEY W. JACQUES, JR.; 

 RUDOLPH G. DELLA VECCHIO; ALDEN F. TUCKER & BERNARD J. DRESS, 

 

 Appellants in 95-1794

 

 

 HERBERT L. FISCHER; FLOYD L. ADAMS; JAMES W. ALFREDS; 

 JOHN I. ARENA; EARL T. ATKINSON; WILLIAM AUVE; 

 THOMAS F. BECK; WILLIAM J. BONO; WILLIAM A. BURWELL, JR.; 

 JOSEPH C. CALABRESE; PETER CARFAGNO; JOHN B. 

 CREIGHTON; RALPH J. DAFERMO, SR.; FELIX A. 

 DEJOSEPH; JOSEPH A. DEVITO; JOHN T. DOUGHERTY; 

 JOHN J. DOWLING; ANTHONY FALASCA; EUGENE FINK; RITA J. 

 GESUALDO; EDWIN HAINES; JOSEPH T. HALEY; 

 DANIEL J. HEFFERAN; LEO M. HILL; ROBERT J. HOOPES; 

 DONALD J. HOY; MICHAEL HRYNKO; DONALD HUGHES; CARL M. 

 HUNSICKER; NEAL IRELAND; WALTER D. KRAUS; CHARLES E. 

 LINDEMLUTH; ROBERT F. MAHONEY; ANTHONY D. 

 MARCHESANI; ROBERT P.F. MCCARRON; ROBERT MCCORMICK; 

 FRANK L. MERCANDANTE; JOHN P. MONAGHAN; 

 DAVID MONZO; JOHN K. MOORE; JOSEPH P. MORAN; MILDRED PEARL 

 MORGAN; RALPH E. MOYER; HERBERT E. MUELLER; JAMES J. NUGENT; 

 THOMAS E. OETZEL; FRANK W. PERSICHETTI, SR.; 

 CHARLES W. PLUMMER; LEWIS RAIBLEY; JAMES J. RODDY; 

 JOHN J. SAUNDERS; LOUIS F. SAUNDERS; NICHOLAS J. SCRENCI; 

 JOSEPH J. SEMETTI; JOHN STEINDL; WILLIAM F. THOMPSON; 

 MICHAEL W. TRENDLER; FRANCIS R. TUNNEY, SR.; 

 HERBERT R. WALTERS; RICHARD S. WILSON; JOHN H. ZIMMER; 

 GERALD A. ZIMMERMAN 

 v. 

 PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; JOSEPH F. PAQUETTE, JR.; 

 MICHAEL J. CROMMIE; SERVICE ANNUITY PLAN OF 

 PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY 

 PECO Energy Company, formerly known as 

 Philadelphia Electric Company, Joseph F. 
 Paquette, Jr., Michael J. Crommie and 

 Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia 

 Electric Company, 

 Appellants in 95-1794 

 

 On Appeal from the United States District Court 

 for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 

 (D.C. Civil Action No. 90-cv-08020) 

 

 Argued April 29, 1996 

 Before: COWEN and ROTH, Circuit Judges 

and CINDRICH, District Judge 

 

 ORDER AMENDING SLIP OPINION 

 

 IT IS ORDERED that the slip opinion in the above case, filed 

on October 1, 1996, be amended as follows: 

 On page 5, line 27, add an "s" to the word "defendant". 

 On page 20, Section V., delete the last sentence and replace 

it with the following sentence: 

 We will reverse the holding of the 

 district court and enter judgment on 

 behalf of all defendants. 

 By the Court, 

 /s/ Jane R. Roth 

 Circuit Judge 

Dated: October 1, l996