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RIVERA DIAZ v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 04-2277.

433 F.3d 120 (2005)

Antonio RIVERA DIAZ, Antonio Rivera Mercado, Raquel Olga Rivera-Mercado, Yelitza Rivera Acevedo, and Patricia Rivera Falcon, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and American Airlines Pension Plan Administration, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael A. Oliveras-López de Victoria for appellant.

Angel Castillo, Jr., with whom Lisa R. Askowitz, Larissa C. Garriga-Cesaní, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

The estate of Antonio Rivera Diaz appeals from the district court order which dismissed its claim for decedent's benefits, pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, as a sanction for disobeying a court order. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

The decedent had been employed by American Airlines as a flight attendant, but retired in 1991 for health reasons...

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