employee-benefits

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25-514 Microchip Technology Incorporated, et al. v. Peter Schuman, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) breach-of-duty employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty release-of-claims voluntary-release Whether, in a case involving a release of claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a plan sponsor's alleged breach of fiduciary duty …
23-1159 Roland Huff v. BP Corporation North America, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied employee-benefits erisa group-life-insurance group-policy information-disclosure insurance-rates life-insurance policy-contract rate-increase transparency Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their …
23-1094 AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) arm's-length-agreement circuit-conflict employee-benefit-plan employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty precedent prohibited-transaction Whether a fiduciary to an employee benefit plan causes the plan to engage in a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retir…
23-12 John Kowal v. Ferndale Area School District, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied age-discrimination but-for-causation employee-benefits equal-cost-or-equal-benefit equal-protection medicare-eligibility older-workers-benefit-protection-act takings-clause Whether the prerequisite in Ferndale's 'Sick Leave Incentive' violates the ADEA and OWBPA
22-6720 Angela Bakos v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied IFP benefits-suit civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa limitation-period notice notice-requirement procedural-requirement statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether Respondent UNUM was required to provide Petitioner BAKOS with actual notice of the limitations period under ERISA
22-690 Acquanitta L. Harris-Patterson v. Armco Steel, aka AK Steel Corporation, et al. Missouri 2023-01-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) benefits-book benefits-package benefits-payments benefits-policy benefits-termination compensation-dispute death-benefits employee-benefits interest-accrued misrepresentation social-security wage-deduction What benefits were paid to whom, and where are the records?
21-1266 Erica Talasek v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Fifth Circuit 2022-03-18 Denied circuit-split civil-rights employee-benefits erisa estoppel misrepresentation summary-judgment Whether the beneficiary of an employee benefits plan can bring an equitable estoppel claim under ERISA based on misrepresentations at variance with th…
21-1019 The ERISA Industry Committee v. City of Seattle, Washington Ninth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split employee-benefits ERISA-preemption healthcare-expenditures ninth-circuit play-or-pay play-or-pay-laws state-and-local-laws state-local-regulation Whether state and local play-or-pay laws that require employers to make minimum monthly healthcare expenditures for their covered employees relate to …
21-861 First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company v. Giorgio Armani Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied circuit-split co-fiduciary contribution employee-benefits erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty indemnity statutory-interpretation Whether a fiduciary can seek contribution and indemnity from a co-fiduciary under ERISA
21-602 Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al. v. Michigan Education Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response Waived benefit-vesting civil-rights cnh-industrial-v-reese contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation employee-benefits erisa extrinsic-evidence plan-interpretation retiree-medical-plan vesting Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face may be shown by extrinsic evidence to provide for vesting of post-retirement benefits
20-683 Dirk Wilke, Interim State Health Officer of North Dakota, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Eighth Circuit 2020-11-17 GVR civil-rights eighth-circuit employee-benefits erisa erisa-preemption health-care-law pharmacy-benefit-managers plan-administration preemption state-regulation Whether ERISA preempts state laws regulating pharmacy benefit managers
20-638 Samuel Gonzales v. ConocoPhillips Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees burden-shifting civil-rights discretion employee-benefits erisa Whether and to what extent district courts must consider ERISA's purpose in awarding attorney's fees to a successful defendant
19-1334 Signode Industrial Group LLC, et al. v. Harold Stone, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied circuit-split cnh-industrial collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law contract-termination employee-benefits labor-law lifetime-benefits m-and-g-polymers vested-benefits vested-rights Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with decisions reached by at least two other federal courts of appeals and in spite of this …
19-1239 Jackson Ridge Rehabilitation and Care, et al. v. Rhonda Meadows Ohio 2020-04-22 Denied Response Waived concurrent-jurisdiction employee-benefits erisa exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction interference retaliation statutory-interpretation Whether ERISA claims for retaliation and interference are enforced through 29 U.S.C. §1132(a)(1)(B) or 29 U.S.C. §1132(a)(3)
19-980 Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees beneficiary-rights civil-rights employee-benefits erisa fee-award health-plan judicial-review legal-success legal-victory standard-of-review Whether a beneficiary achieves 'some success on the merits' for purposes of a fee award under ERISA Section 502(g)(1) when she obtains a significant l…
19-784 University of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Jennifer Sweda, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) breach-of-duty civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options iqbal pleading-standard twombly twombly-standard Whether Twombly's pleading standard governs breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA
19-77 Caring For Montanans, Inc., et al. v. The Depot, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived circuit-split conflict-preemption connection-with employee-benefits employer-liability enforcement-remedy enforcement-scheme erisa-preemption express-preemption insurance insurance-misrepresentation misrepresentation plan-terms reference-to state-law-claims Does ERISA preempt state-law claims alleging that an insurer's misrepresentations about an ERISA plan's terms induced an employer to create the plan?
18A1247 The Depot, Inc, et al. v. Caring for Montanans, Inc., fka Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-31 Presumed Complete employee-benefits erisa federal-preemption health-benefit-plan insurance-regulation ninth-circuit Whether an ERISA health benefit plan can be challenged under state law when it is governed by federal preemption standards
18-8813 Jean Bultman v. Cigna Group Insurance Company, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach-of-duty civil-procedure employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty plan-administration prudent-investor-rule retirement-plans standing statute-of-limitations Did the ERISA Plan Fiduciaries Breach their Duty to Provide
18-578 William L. Pender, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied appropriate-relief benefit-plan civil-procedure divided-bench employee-benefits equitable-relief equity-courts erisa judicial-remedy pension-law solicitor-general statutory-interpretation Whether the word appropriate' in ERISA § 502(a)(8) authorizes ERISA courts to decline to award an established equitable remedy based on considerations…