Opinion ID: 6982231
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Text: Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert Devlin, Andrew Hagan, Thomas Hewson, Steven Mi-lone, and Frederick Rinckwitz are retired members or former officers of Defendant-Appellee Transportation Communications International Union (the “Union” or “TCU”). Appellants brought suit individually and on behalf of a purported class of other retired members in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John F. Keenan, Judge), challenging the Union’s (1) elimination of the TCU Death Benefit Fund; (2) attempt to rescind a Cost of Living Adjustment (“COLA”) to the TCU retirement benefits; and (3) imposition of a $100 a month fee for inclusion in the TCU Medical Benefit Plan. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) in part and the court denied the motion in part. The court also granted, in part, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The plaintiffs made a cross-motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f) for a continuance that would allow discovery allegedly necessary to oppose the defendants’ motion. The court denied this cross-motion. The district court subsequently denied plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of this case and Devlin v. Transportation Communications Int’l Union, 95 Civ. 0742 (S.D.N.Y.1995). This appeal and a separate appeal in 95 Civ. 0742 followed.