| 22-795 |
Jay C. Richmond v. Life Insurance Company of North America |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-discretion circuit-split contra-proferentem employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-benefits firestone-deference full-and-fair-review judicial-review plan-interpretation |
Whether the court of appeals applied the wrong standard of judicial review under Firestone-Tire-and-Rubber-Co-v-Bruch |
| 21-13 |
KinderCare Education, LLC v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. |
California |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
|
arbitration-agreement contra-proferentem federal-arbitration-act lamps-plus-v-varela preemption state-common-law state-law supreme-court-precedent |
Whether California courts can avoid consideration of Lamps Plus v. Varela and instead adhere to a contrary state appellate precedent |
| 19-884 |
Rick V. Caldwell, et ux. v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-16 |
Denied |
|
beneficiary-rights contra-proferentem discretionary-provision erisa fiduciary-duty insurance-policy judicial-deference trust-law |
Does construing ambiguous insurance policy terms against ERISA beneficiaries undermine the purpose of ERISA? |