Click here to see the Appellants' Reply Brief filed on August 28, 2017. This appeal is a continuation of the lawsuit filed in 2010 on behalf of employees and retirees by the Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings law firm. This lawsuit was filed in reaction to the TVARS 2009 rule amendments. Court rulings on this lawsuit could also have implications for TVARS amendments passed after 2009. It is very ironic that a majority of the TVARS Board forced these amendments over my strong objections and vote against, and yet my name appears as the lead defendant. I encouraged and supported the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of employees and retirees soon after the 2009 amendments were passed. In 2010, the Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings law firm filed such a lawsuit. This lawsuit named the TVARS Board directors individually as defendants. I was listed first. The defendants were later changed to TVA and TVARS, but the case name with me as lead defendant stuck.