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25A825 Mark Zavislak v. Netflix, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-20 Application administrative-services-agreement circuit-split disclosure-requirement erisa plan-fiduciary third-party-administrator Whether an administrative services agreement (ASA) constitutes a 'governing instrument' under ERISA that must be disclosed to plan beneficiaries upon …
25A680 MFN Partners, LP, et al. v. New York State Teamsters Conference and Retirement Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-09 Application agency-overreach erisa multiemployer-pension-plans pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation can impose 'reasonable conditions' on multiemployer pension plans that deviate from the express statu…
25A601 Perfection Bakeries, Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-20 Application erisa multiemployer-pension pbgc-deference pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act requires withdrawal liability credits from a partial withdrawal to be applied as a direct reduct…
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 a plan sponsor's alleged breach of fiduciary duty may prevent the enforcement of an otherwise knowing and voluntary release under ERISA, where…
25-498 Winston R. Anderson, et al. v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-22 Granted Relisted (2) breach-of-duty erisa fiduciary-duty fund-performance investment-prudence prudent-man-standard Whether, for claims predicated on fund underperformance, pleading that an ERISA fiduciary failed to use the requisite 'care, skill, prudence, or dilig…
25A400 Jerry Aldridge, et al. v. Regions Bank Sixth Circuit 2025-10-07 Presumed Complete circuit-split equitable-remedy erisa fiduciary-breach section-1132 surcharge Whether a plaintiff can seek equitable surcharge as a remedy under ERISA Section 1132(a)(3) when federal circuit courts are split on the availability …
25-409 Sherry L. Miller v. Campbell Soup Company Retirement & Pension Plan Administrative Committee Third Circuit 2025-10-06 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) disclosure-requirements erisa fiduciary-breach procedural-protections state-law-release welfare-benefits Whether ERISA permits fiduciaries to enforce a state-law general release as a condition of receiving welfare benefits, where the release bars plan-wid…
25A367 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Board of Trustees of the Bakery Drivers Local 550 and Industry Pension Fund Second Circuit 2025-09-29 Application erisa mass-withdrawal multiemployer-plan pension-plan special-financial-assistance zone-status Whether a multiemployer pension plan that has terminated by mass withdrawal remains eligible for Special Financial Assistance under the American Rescu…
25A146 Winston R. Anderson, et al. v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete benchmark-comparison erisa fiduciary-duty investment-performance pleading-standard prudence-claim Whether a plaintiff must plead a 'meaningful benchmark' with similar objectives to state a claim for breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA's prudence s…
25A147 Scott Cannon, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. First Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete erisa federal-courts preemption rutledge-precedent statutory-interpretation wrongful-death Whether the Supreme Court's decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association clarifies the standard for statutory preemption of stat…
24-1149 T. Kimberly Williams v. Elton Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response Waived coverage-provision employee-retirement erisa multiple-employer-plan pension-plan statutory-interpretation Whether a pension plan designed for three generations of a family is a multiple employer plan under ERISA and subject to its coverage provisions
24-1080 Suzanne Gifford, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Michael Gifford v. Operating Engineers 139 Health Benefit Fund Seventh Circuit 2025-04-16 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure discovery-limitations erisa fiduciary-duty judicial-discretion Whether courts may effectively preclude ERISA plaintiffs from engaging in any discovery and whether plan administrators' fiduciary obligations require…
24-1030 Parker-Hannifin Corporation, et al. v. Michael D. Johnson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-03-28 Pending CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) benchmark-comparison erisa fiduciary-duty investment-prudence judicial-standard retirement-plan Whether pleading an ERISA claim requires allegations showing that a performance benchmark is a sound basis for comparison for an investment
24-741 Levi Goldfarb, et al. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response Waived accidental-death circuit-split contract-interpretation erisa insurance-policy mountain-climbing Whether an accidental death insurance policy subject to ERISA should determine the existence of an 'accident' by common law presumption or a 'reasonab…
24-620 Jaime H. Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-06 Dismissed CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) burden-shifting causation erisa fiduciary-duty statutory-interpretation trust-law Whether burden-shifting applies to the element of causation under ERISA's fiduciary enforcement provisions
24-559 Tenneco, Inc., et al. v. Tanika Parker, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response Waived arbitration-procedure effective-vindication-exception erisa federal-arbitration-act plan-participant statutory-interpretation Whether the judge-made 'effective vindication' exception to the Federal Arbitration Act may be used to invalidate an individual arbitration procedure …
24-5772 Stephen Sewalk v. Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-stay due-process erisa extortion hobbs-act settlement-agreement Whether the Eleventh Circuit sanctioned a violation of due process rights by affirming a trial court's refusal to hold a hearing on a potentially exto…
24-5697 Frank Deville v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2024-10-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference erisa judicial-review pension-benefits pro-se-litigation Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied deference to PBGC's interpretations of ambiguous ERISA provisions and ignored substantial harm to the p…
24-5201 Rebecca Wu v. California State Teacher's Retirement System California 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure administrative-review due-process employee-classification equal-protection erisa fiduciary-duty public-retirement-systems retirement-system Is the California State Teachers Retirement System required to review and correct contributions and credits based on employee misclassification?
24-61 Michael Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Fifth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights de-novo-review deference deferential-standard due-process erisa plan-administrator procedural-violation procedural-violations standard-of-review Whether significant procedural violations of ERISA require de novo review, strict adherence, or some other heightened standard that does not defer to …
23A1021 Michael Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Fifth Circuit 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete disability-benefits erisa judicial-review plan-administrator procedural-violations standard-of-review Whether procedural violations by an ERISA plan administrator warrant a de novo standard of review instead of an abuse of discretion standard when eval…
23-1209 M & K Employee Solutions, LLC, et al. v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund District of Columbia 2024-05-13 Granted CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (2) actuarial-assumptions circuit-split employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan plan-year statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether 29 U.S.C. 1391's instruction to compute withdrawal liability 'as of the end of the plan year' requires the plan to base the computation on the…
23-1185 In Re W. A. Griffin 2024-05-02 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit-interpretation assignment-of-benefits civil-rights erisa erisa-rights georgia-law georgia-state-law medical-benefit-assignment preemption standing statute-of-limitations statutory-penalties Whether the 11th Circuit's case law has improperly voided assignments of benefits and rights permitted under Georgia state law and ERISA
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…
23A867 Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Ninth Circuit 2024-03-28 Presumed Complete attorney-fees eaja equal-access-to-justice-act erisa government-litigation substantial-justification Whether the Equal Access to Justice Act requires a federal agency's litigation position to be objectively reasonable based on the actual record eviden…
23-1007 Casey Cunningham, et al. v. Cornell University, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-13 Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary-duty party-in-interest pleading-requirements prohibited-transaction statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or faci…
23A637 AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-10 Presumed Complete 401k-plan erisa fiduciary-duty prohibited-transactions service-providers third-party-services Whether Section 406(a) of ERISA prohibits employee benefit plans from entering into arms-length service contracts with third-party providers that are …
23-734 Jody Rose, Administratrix of the Estate of Kyree Devon Holman, Deceased v. PSA Airlines, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-remedies erisa fiduciary-duty monetary-remedies statutory-interpretation Are non-tracing monetary remedies (e.g., surcharge) available under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(8) to ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries asserting brea…
23A503 Kathy Allen, et al. v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-04 Presumed Complete appellate-review due-process erisa judicial-explanation life-insurance rule-60-motion Whether the district court and appellate courts violated due process by failing to provide a substantive explanation for denying a Rule 60 motion in a…
23-586 United Behavioral Health, et al. v. D. K., et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-record benefits-denial erisa health-benefits judicial-review substantial-evidence treating-provider Is an ERISA-governed plan that denies health benefits required to discuss contrary opinions from the member's treating providers in the decision lette…
23-570 Jacqueline Avery v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied administrative-regulations benefit-claims circuit-split claims-procedure erisa essential-purpose judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation substantial-compliance Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding — in conflict with the Second and Seventh Circuits — that violations of the claims procedure regulations, 2…
23A365 United Behavioral Health, et al. v. D.K., et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-10-24 Presumed Complete administrative-record benefits-denial erisa medical-providers substantial-evidence tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit improperly imposed a heightened explanation requirement on ERISA plan administrators when denying health benefits claims, co…
23-422 Shirley T. Sherrod, et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Seventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defenses amendment civil-procedure erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duties rule-15 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the underlying rulings contradict the plain text of the applicable ERISA provisions in finding a breach of Petitioners' fiduciary duties and d…
23-122 Wilmington Trust, N.A., et al. v. Marlow Henry, on Behalf of the BSC Ventures Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan Third Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure effective-vindication erisa federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration statutory-interpretation Whether ERISA prohibits individual arbitration of claims
23-30 Argent Trust Company, et al. v. Robert Harrison Tenth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration circuit-split civil-procedure class-action erisa federal-arbitration-act federal-law individual-arbitration statutory-claims statutory-interpretation Whether ERISA-claims can be compelled to individual-arbitration
22-1210 Colgate-Palmolive Company, et al. v. Rebecca McCutcheon, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, et al. Second Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied actuarial-assumptions benefit-determination circuit-split deference erisa erisa-plan-administrator-discretion extrinsic-evidence judicial-interpretation plan-administrator statutory-and-regulatory Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding that it must disregard all objective extrinsic evidence of the reasonableness of an ERISA plan administrat…
22-1197 Jon Lawrence Frank v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response Waived 401k-plan consumer-credit-protection-act employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa garnishment lump-sum-distribution mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution retirement-plan-benefits Whether ERISA precludes garnishment of 401(k) plan to satisfy restitution order
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
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
22-417 Gary Metzgar, et al. v. U.A. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 22 Pension Fund, et al. Second Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Amici (1) accrued-benefits anti-cutback-rule early-retirement employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa pension-benefits pension-plan plan-interpretation postretirement-employment retirement-plan Whether ERISA's anti-cutback rule prohibits plan trustees from eliminating participants' early retirement benefits through a reinterpretation of the p…
22-226 Cintas Corporation, et al. v. Raymond Hawkins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration civil-procedure contract-enforcement defined-contribution employee-rights erisa fiduciary-duty retirement-plan standing Whether an agreement to arbitrate claims against an ERISA plan's fiduciaries under Section 502(a)(2) of ERISA is enforceable without regard to whether…
22-20 John Klaas v. Allstate Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived allstate benefit-termination circuit-court-interpretation contract-interpretation early-retirement eleventh-circuit employee-rights erisa erisa-benefits retirement-benefits Did the Eleventh Circuit critically err by concluding that the written agreements by the parties unambiguously reserved to Allstate the right to termi…
21-1571 Rozalyn Ragan, Personal Representative of the Estate of Charles Phillip Ragan, Deceased v. Melissa Ragan, aka Melissa Hudson Colorado 2022-06-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) after an ERISA plan administrator has fully distr ERISA preempts a claimant's state-law right to th beneficiary-rights benefit-distribution distribution distribution-dispute erisa ERISA-preemption federal-court-jurisdiction life-insurance life-insurance-proceeds plan-administrator preemption state-law state-law-claim Whether ERISA preempts a state-law claim to recover life insurance plan proceeds after distribution
21-1521 New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund v. C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response Waived arm's-length-transaction circuit-split erisa erisa-compliance fair-market-value multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation successor-liability withdrawal-liability Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding that 29 U.S.C. § 1392(c) requires fraudulent conduct
21-1516 Swagelok Associates Welfare Benefits Plan v. Laura Patterson, et vir Ohio 2022-06-02 Denied civil-procedure equitable-relief erisa exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction plan-participant reimbursement state-court-jurisdiction welfare-benefits Is a state law action brought by a Plan Participant for an injunction barring an ERISA welfare benefit plan from enforcing its terms a claim for equit…
21-1461 Nathan Vercellino v. Optum Insight, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response Waived equitable-lien erisa medical-expenses minor minor-rights real-party-in-interest statute-of-limitations subrogation Can an ERISA fiduciary claim an equitable lien for medical expenses paid for the benefit of the parents against a judgment or settlement of their chil…
21-1376 Mary Alexandre v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA First Circuit 2022-04-25 Denied accidental-death civil-procedure employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa insurance insurance-policy presumption state-of-mind suicide suicide-presumption trial-procedure Should the trial court apply presumptions against suicide and in favor of an accident when the insured's state of mind is contested in an ERISA-covere…
21-1310 Garnet Turner, et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied appropriate-equitable-relief benefit-claims civil-action concrete-injury eleventh-circuit equitable-relief erisa erisa-section-502(a)(3) fraud-claims fraud-in-equity statute-of-limitations Did the Eleventh Circuit critically err by applying the limitations period at 29 U.S.C. § 1113(1)(A)?
21-1286 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty health-plan mandamus pre-emption preemption Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD
21-1287 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty georgia-law health-benefits healthcare-provider mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD (\'Dr. Griffin\'), a Georgia provider; who obtained a writ…
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…
21-6982 Robert Stanley Gordon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2022-01-27 Denied IFP benefits-denial conflict-of-interest custody erisa evidence evidence-retention long-term-disability plan-concealment Whether ERISA long-term disability benefits can be denied after years of plan concealment
21-1041 Michael J. P. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-and-capricious benefit-eligibility erisa firestone-v-bruch judicial-review metro-life-v-glenn plan-administrator plan-administrator-discretion standard-of-review substantial-evidence Whether the Supreme Court's dicta in Firestone Tire and Rubber Co v. Bruch and the Supreme Court's ruling in Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn render it i…
21-6906 Samantha J. Jackson v. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure de-novo-review employer-capacity erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty motion-to-dismiss plan-amendment plan-sponsor settlors-function two-hats-doctrine Question not identified
21-879 Gregory Mayer v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company Second Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response Waived benefit-determination benefit-determinations choice-of-law commerce-clause de-novo-review erisa erisa-preemption judicial-review preemption Whether state law prescribing de novo judicial review for challenged benefit determinations is preempted by ERISA, and whether enforcing such a state …
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
21-761 OptumHealth Care Solutions, LLC v. Sandra M. Peters Fourth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty party-in-interest prohibited-transaction service-provider tenth-circuit-rule Whether a service provider must have a preexisting relationship with a plan to qualify as a 'party in interest' under ERISA § 406(a)
21-724 New York University v. Dr. Alan Sacerdote, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Relisted (2) class-action class-shares employee-retirement-plans erisa fiduciary-duty mutual-funds prudence retirement-plans Whether the bare allegation that New York University offered retail-class shares of certain mutual funds rather than lower-cost institutional-class sh…
21-699 Collette Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied beneficiary-designation cat-paw-doctrine death-benefits employer-duties erisa erisa-claims-procedures fiduciary-duty fraud insurance-carrier-duties insurance-claim Whether the 'Cat's Paw Doctrine' is applicable in this case
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
21-554 Amber Boyer v. Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response Waived accidental-death benefits-due crime-exclusion erisa insurance-policy plan-administrator substantial-evidence Whether the ERISA Plan Administrator's interpretation of 'crime' to include speeding and improper passing was unreasonable when denying coverage under…
21-558 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, et al. v. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights congressional-review-act due-process employee-retirement erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty payroll-deduction pension retirement state-mandated-savings state-regulation Whether California's CalSavers program requiring private employers to automatically debit employee paychecks and surrender those earnings to the State…
21-471 John Doe 1, et al. v. Express Scripts, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) benefit-pricing circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duties pegram-v-herdrich plan-management price-control pricing third-party-administrator Does an administrator hired by an ERISA plan act as a fiduciary when it controls prices paid by the plan or its participants?
21-495 Dennis Black, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Sixth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure due-process erisa judicial-oversight pbgc pension-plan pension-termination statutory-interpretation Does ERISA permit the termination of a distressed pension plan through an agreement between PBGC and the plan administrator?
21-208 Merrilee Stewart v. IHT Insurance Agency Group, LLC Welfare Benefits Plan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied affordable-care-act americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration civil-rights constitutional-protections disability-rights due-process employment-law erisa privacy Question not identified
21-2 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2021-07-02 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-deference erisa fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-benefits plan-termination statutory-interpretation Has the D.C. Circuit improperly extended Chevron deference to PBGC's construction of ambiguous statutory provisions in informal, non-binding adjudicat…
20-1659 50509 Marine LLC, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Response Waived chicago-title corporate-dissolution erisa erisa-interpretation federal-common-law stare-decisis state-corporate-law tenth-amendment Whether under Chicago Title & Tr. Co. v. Forty-One Thirty-Six Wilcox Bldg. Corp. and the Tenth Amendment, state-law or federal-common-law controls the…
20-1655 W. A. Griffin v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the Delta Air Lines Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD (Dr. Griffin)"
20-1444 W. A. Griffin v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits claims-fiduciary erisa fiduciary-duty health-benefits plan-administrator provider-services waiver Whether the anti-assignment provision in the CocaCola Plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD (Dr. Griffin)"
20-1255 Jeffrey Schweitzer, et al. v. Investment Committee of the Phillips 66 Savings Plan, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary-duty imprudent-investment investment-diversification participant-claims participant-rights pleadings single-stock-fund Is an ERISA fiduciary entitled to dismissal on the pleadings of a plan participant's claim that the fiduciary imprudently maintained an undiversified,…
20-1150 Shelby L. Haynes, et al. v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied agreement common-fund common-fund-rule equitable-lien erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary non-contractual-claims plan-administrator retroactive-application retroactivity Can an ERISA plan fiduciary assert equitable lien by agreement claims against persons with which it has no agreement?
20-1087 Leonard Hartford Tunnell v. Public School Retirement System of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-02-09 Denied Response Waived beneficiary-rights civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination erisa government-retirement-system government-retirement-systems retirement-equity-act spousal-rights Whether the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 protects the spousal rights of spouses of government retirement system members, including teachers, military…
20-1012 Charles Guenther v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied breach-of-duty concealment discovery-rule erisa fiduciary-duty fraud fraud-exception statute-of-limitations uniformity-of-decision Whether the fraud and concealment exception in 29 U.S.C. § 1113 applies when the underlying breach of fiduciary duty consists of fraud or concealment,…
20-953 Michael D. Ellis v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston Tenth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied choice-of-law civil-procedure erisa federal-courts insurance-contract insurance-contracts preemption state-law What is the correct test to apply in deciding whether an otherwise applicable state law—here, a state law prohibiting provisions in insurance contract…
20-866 Francesca Allen, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Relisted (4) duty-of-loyalty duty-of-prudence employee-stock-ownership-plan erisa fiduciary-duty fifth-third-v-dudenhoeffer insider-trading prudence-standard securities-law securities-laws stock-ownership Whether ESOP fiduciaries are effectively immune from duty-of-prudence liability for failure to publicly disclose inside information
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
20-609 Gannett Company, Inc., et al. v. Jeffrey Quatrone Fourth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) defined-contribution-plan diversification erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options menu-of-investment-options prudence single-stock-fund Whether a plaintiff adequately pleads breach of the duties of prudence and diversification solely by alleging that fiduciaries permitted participants …
20-378 North Cypress Medical Center Operating Company, Ltd., et al. v. Cigna Healthcare, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied administrative-discretion benefits-denial circuit-split conflicts-of-interest employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa firestone-analysis judicial-review standard-of-review totality-of-factors Whether, in reviewing an ERISA administrator's benefits denial, it is automatically dispositive that 'two other courts' upheld the administrator's int…
20-289 Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied corporate-disclosure disclosure employee-stock-ownership-plan erisa fiduciary-duty fraud fraud-disclosure insider-information securities-law Whether Dudenhoeffer's 'more harm than good' standard can be satisfied by generalized allegations
20-242 Norine Sylvia Cave v. Delta Dental of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-28 Denied Relisted (2) beneficiaries-rights benefits-denial breach-of-fiduciary-duties claim-adjudication erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duties fiduciary-responsibility medical-records medical-records-withholding plan-administration unauthorized-benefits Whether a covered entity violates ERISA, by improperly denying beneficiaries' rights and further compounds such violations by approving unauthorized b…
20-188 Zhiheng Sheng v. Daniel Michael Snyder Georgia 2020-08-19 Denied antenuptial-agreement beneficiary-designation civil-procedure erisa erisa-waiver retirement-plan spousal-rights spousal-waiver state-law Can a waiver by a spouse of her interest in a retirement plan covered by ERISA be enforced through a state law cause of action?
20-155 New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund v. Sun Capital Partners III, LP, et al First Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-conflict civil-rights culbertson-precedent due-process erisa mppaa partnership partnership-in-fact private-equity private-equity-funds Whether the First Circuit's holding that the Sun Funds did not form a partnership-in-fact is inconsistent with this Court's precedent in Culbertson v.…
20-5305 Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Whether federal pension funds are exempt from child support garnishment
20-28 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, et al. v. Timothy Laurent, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Second Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure contract-interpretation equitable-relief equitable-remedies erisa erisa-interpretation monetary-damages plan-reformation remedial-sections statutory-construction Whether the Second Circuit improperly combined parts of two separate remedial sections under ERISA, interpreting § 502(a)(3) to permit reformation of …
19-1462 Principal Life Insurance Company v. Frederick Rozo Eighth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived asset-management defined-contribution-plans employee-benefit-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary fiduciary fiduciary-duty investment participant-control rate-of-return retirement-savings withdrawal withdrawal-rights Whether a service provider is a fiduciary under 29 U.S.C. § 1002(21)(A)(i) when it changes the rate of return on a product offered in an employee bene…
19-1401 April Hughes, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-06-23 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (3) breach-of-duty circuit-split defined-contribution defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty excessive-fees fiduciary-duty lower-cost-alternatives prudence prudence-standard retirement-plan Whether allegations that a defined-contribution retirement plan paid or charged its participants fees that substantially exceeded fees for alternative…
19-1353 AGI Consulting LLC, by Assaf Al-Assaf as Trustee/Owner/Plan Administrator of an Alleged Non-Integrated Defined Benefit Plan v. American National Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied 29-usc-1113 abandonment actual-knowledge breach-of-duty breach-of-fiduciary-duty circuit-court-interpretation constructive-knowledge discovery-rule discovery-standard erisa erisa-statute erisa-statute-of-limitations fiduciary-duty plain-meaning plain-meaning-of-statute statute-of-limitations What gives rise to abandonment of an issue on appeal?
19-1336 The National Retirement Fund, et al. v. Metz Culinary Management, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actuarial-assumptions arbitration best-estimate employee-retirement-income-security-act-erisa erisa measurement-date multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether ERISA prohibits multiemployer pension plan actuaries from selecting actuarial assumptions to calculate withdrawal liability, after the Measure…
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)
19-1227 Judith Kerns, et al. v. Caterpillar, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining collectively-bargained-agreements contract-interpretation durational-clause ERISA healthcare-benefits m-and-g-polymers M&G-Polymers-v-Tackett retiree-benefits sixth-circuit surviving-spouse vesting Did the Sixth Circuit misapply M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett and related cases to find that Group 2 surviving spouses have no right to healthcare b…
19-1144 Michael McCarron v. DeCarlo & Shanley, P.C. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty labor-law labor-union legal-advice legal-malpractice preemption professional-misconduct standing state-law-claims Does ERISA preempt state law claims against a law firm for providing improper legal advice to a labor union official?
19-7701 Larry Douglas Kerns v. Mathew J. Wenner Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-service civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process erisa erisa-preemption fraud fraud-on-court judgment-by-default mail-fraud rico rico-act standing Will this court overturn the 9th circuit's denial of proven fraud on the district court and denial of Mr. Kerns' request for judgment by default?
19-1007 Zaid Abdul-Aziz v. National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan Second Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response Waived accrued-benefit actuarial-equivalent anti-cutback-rule breach-of-contract circuit-split civil-procedure denial-of-benefits erisa erisa-benefits retirement-benefits statute-of-limitations Whether the Second Circuit legally erred in its application of ERISA by holding that the statute of limitations on a player's ERISA denial-of-benefits…
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…
19-884 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?
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
19-752 Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether state statutes can provide the 'relevant rule of decision' in an ERISA § 502(a) action when the state statutes create an adjudicatory procedur…
19-721 W. A. Griffin v. Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. Georgia 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived assignment-of-benefit assignment-of-benefits consent-requirement erisa georgia-law georgia-statute health-insurance insurance-contracts insurance-law medical-assignment preemption provider-assignment provider-rights Whether a medical provider who obtained a written assignment of benefit is required to obtain consent from the fully-insured plan
19-595 Eric O'Day, et al., Individually and on Behalf of the SunEdison, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan v. Ahmad Chatila, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Relisted (2) asset-management context-sensitive-scrutiny erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty heightened-pleading-standard inside-information pleading-requirements prudence prudence-standard publicly-traded publicly-traded-assets securities-law Whether Dudenhoeffer's 'context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint's allegations' can be met where a court presumes an asset must be prudent if it is p…
19-460 Alexander Y. Usenko, Derivatively on Behalf of the SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd. Retirement Savings Plan v. MEMC LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied asset-valuation context-sensitive-scrutiny erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty heightened-pleading-requirement pleading-requirements pleading-standard prudence prudence-standard publicly-traded-assets retirement-plan Whether Dudenhoeffer's 'context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint's allegations' can be met where a court presumes an asset must be prudent if it is p…
19-444 Robert Hoch v. MBI Energy Services Eighth Circuit 2019-10-04 Denied Response Waived beneficiary beneficiary-rights cigna-corp-v-amara erisa erisa-beneficiary erisa-plan erisa-plan-administrator-reimbursement erisa-plan-document plan-administrator plan-document reimbursement reimbursement-provisions summary-plan-description Whether an ERISA Plan Administrator may enforce reimbursement provisions against an ERISA beneficiary that are contained only in a Summary Plan Descri…
19-382 John Teets v. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Tenth Circuit 2019-09-23 Denied civil-rights disgorgement due-process erisa fiduciary-duty harris-trust party-in-interest plan-assets tenth-circuit May an ERISA plan participant or beneficiary seek disgorgement of unreasonable profits derived from a plan contract from a nonfiduciary party in inter…
19-377 Kraig Rudinger Kast v. Erickson Productions, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied capacity-to-be-sued civil-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process erisa frcp-17(b) inter-vivos-trust jurisdiction probate probate-law standing tenth-amendment Whether the district and appellate courts have jurisdiction over a person if the person lacks capacity to be sued under FRCP 17(b)
19-354 Colleen A. Easterday v. Estate of Michael J. Easterday Pennsylvania 2019-09-17 Denied Response Waived beneficiary-designation breach-of-contract common-law-waiver contract-claim erisa erisa-preemption joint-survivor-annuity kennedy-v-plan-administrator plan-documents preemption Can an Estate bring an action against a Joint Survivor Annuity beneficiary to obtain benefits after distribution based on a putative common law waiver…
19-5748 Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-motion disability-accommodation due-process employment-discrimination erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment hipaa magistrate-judge motion-to-amend timeliness title-vii When, if ever, can a magistrate judge intentionally violate FRCP 15(a)(1)(B) in denying a timely motion to amend a complaint?
19-248 Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split common-law-test darden employee-classification employee-status employment-status erisa standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's finding that a worker is an employee under the common-law test should be reviewed for clear error, hybrid standard, or de…
19-242 Juanita Nichols v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived circuit-split disability-benefits disability-insurance erisa erisa-disability-insurance insurance-interpretation job-duties long-term-disability occupation-definition regular-occupation statutory-interpretation Whether 'regular occupation' refers to a general category of employment in a broad and generic sense, or instead refers to a claimant's 'actual job du…
19-196 Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver Whether a federal court may choose the option that expands liability under state law, absent clear, authoritative guidance from the state's courts
19-190 Bernard McLaughlin v. National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan Board of Trustees Third Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied benefits-withholding discovery erisa erisa-plan erisa-plan-benefits indebtedness legal-relief lien money-judgment set-off third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in affirming the ERISA plan's misuse of a court order to docket it under state law for money judgments, contrary to ER…
19-5531 Joseph Reinwand v. National Electrical Benefit Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP authority disability-benefits disability-pension disability-pension-plan erisa erisa-disability-benefits judicial-authority pension-plan seventh-circuit verbal-modification vested-participant vested-rights Whether and to what extent does the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit possess the Authority to permit a Disability Pension Plan u…
19-170 The E Company, et al. v. Trustees of the Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied administrative-notice control-group due-process erisa mullane-standard mullane-v-central-hanover mullane-v-central-hanover-bank notice pension-fund slotky-standard withdrawal-liability Are Mullane's due process standards limited to notice in lawsuits and Petitioners' objections to the plan sponsor notice of withdrawal liability unfou…
19-146 Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response Waived administrative-review benefits-denial circuit-split disability-benefits disability-standard erisa futility futility-doctrine own-occupation remand retroactive-benefits Should this Court resolve the conflict among the Circuits about whether it would be futile to require an ERISA plan participant upon remand to retroac…
18A1359 Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-06-25 Presumed Complete benefits-plan certiorari erisa federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit health-insurance Whether a health insurance provider can be subject to federal court jurisdiction in a dispute involving the interpretation of a benefits plan under ER…
18A1327 Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. v. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete abuse-of-discretion disability-benefits erisa insurance-plan own-occupation procedural-history Whether a district court's interpretation of an ERISA disability plan's 'own occupation' provision constitutes an abuse of discretion when determining…
18A1287 Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-10 Presumed Complete common-law-agency darden-factors employee-status erisa independent-contractor standard-of-review Whether a district court's determination of employee status under the common-law agency test in an ERISA case should be reviewed for clear error or de…
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
18A1221 The E Company, et al. v. Trustees of Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Seventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Presumed Complete administrative-proceedings due-process erisa mullane-standard notice-requirements withdrawal-liability Whether due process requires individualized, direct notice to known parties in administrative proceedings involving withdrawal liability under ERISA, …
18-1364 Jim Miller v. Eric Olsen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response Waived circuit-court district-court employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-plan jurisdiction ninth-circuit primary-purpose-test retirement-plan surrounding-circumstances-test Whether the Oregon District Court and Ninth Circuit erred in applying the 'primary purpose' test rather than the 'surrounding circumstances' test to d…
18-1341 Jeffrey A. Robertson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights employee-benefit-plan employee-benefit-plans erisa erisa-venue-provision fiduciary-duty forum-selection forum-selection-clause participant-rights public-policy statutory-interpretation venue venue-provision Whether a private employee benefit plan's unilateral adoption of a forum selection clause that circumvents the venue choices that Congress granted pla…
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
18-1279 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2019-04-08 Denied 29-usc-1303(f) appropriate-equitable-relief circuit-split disgorgement equitable-relief erisa erisa-title-iv fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-plan pension-plans statutory-interpretation Does § 1344(c) preclude disgorgement of profits from the Corporation as an appropriate equitable remedy under §1303(f) for the Corporation's breaches …
18-1265 September Ends Co., et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Sixth Circuit 2019-04-02 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived circuit-split civil-procedure collective-bargaining erisa erisa-pension erisa-pension-obligations erisa-successor-liability federal-common-law labor-law pension-obligations state-law statutory-interpretation successor-liability takings What is the proper standard for successor liability for unpaid ERISA pension obligations?
18-1266 Timothy P. O'Leary v. Aetna Life Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied adverse-benefits-determination arbitrary-capricious benefits-determination civil-procedure claims-procedures department-of-labor erisa erisa-statute erisa-statute-and-regulations fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty standard-of-review Does a fiduciary's decision take priority over compliance with ERISA statute and regulations?
18-1165 Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) amgen-v-harris circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty fifth-third-standard fifth-third-v-dudenhoeffer insider-information pleading-standard private-securities-litigation-reform-act prudence prudent-fiduciary securities-fraud securities-litigation Alleged-fraud-disclosure-harm
18-8318 Helen Thomasina Gardner v. Verizon Communications Inc. Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach civil-procedure defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-section-502 fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty health-insurance life-insurance participant plan-participant relief standing statutory-interpretation Do sections 502(a)(2) and 502(a)(3) of ERISA authorize a participant to sue for relief caused by breaches of fiduciary duties?
18-8175 Wessley J. Gunchick v. Bank of America, N.A. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure contract-law due-process employment-contract employment-dispute erisa erisa-standards legal-precedent standing Question not identified
18-1116 Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. v. Christopher M. Sulyma Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) actual-knowledge breach breach-of-fiduciary-duty disclosure disclosure-requirements employee-retirement employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-statute-of-limitations fiduciary-duty limitations-period retirement-plans statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the three-year limitations period in Section 413(2) of ERISA bars suit where all relevant information was disclosed to the plaintiff more than…
18-1033 W. A. Griffin v. United Healthcare of Georgia, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied administrative-appeals anti-assignment co-fiduciary-liability document-request erisa erisa-co-fiduciary-liability erisa-document-production-requests ERISA-governed-plan erisa-welfare-plan-administration fiduciary-duty georgia-mandatory-assignment-of-benefits-statute plan-administrator provider-anti-assignment provider-anti-assignment-clauses retroactive-assignment statute-of-limitations-for-erisa-penalties statutory-penalties Whether plan administrator waived anti-assignment provisions, ERISA-co-fiduciary-liability, retroactive-assignment-validity, statutory-penalties-limit…
18-993 Young Adult Institute, Inc., dba YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities, et al. v. Joel M. Levy, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response Waived contract-enforcement erisa erisa-regulation executive-compensation federal-common-law non-profit non-profit-corporations non-profit-governance public-policy retirement-benefits Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because it refused to decide YAI's public-policy argument that arises under federal common law
18-926 Putnam Investments, LLC, et al. v. John Brotherston, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. First Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) active-management burden-of-proof circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty index-funds investment-options loss-causation Whether an ERISA plaintiff bears the burden of proving loss causation
18-703 University of Southern California, et al. v. Allen L. Munro, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-scope erisa erisa-arbitration-agreement erisa-claims erisa-fiduciary-duty erisa-plan-participant fiduciary-duty plan-participant standing statutory-interpretation trust Whether an agreement to arbitrate 'all claims' that an ERISA plan participant 'may have' against a plan fiduciary encompasses a breach-of-fiduciary-du…
18-6756 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for disgorgement' entered in 2015 against the Peti…
18-613 W. A. Griffin v. Aetna Health Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response Waived assignee-rights civil-procedure document-request erisa erisa-benefits erisa-statutory-penalty georgia-law georgia-supreme-court o.c.g.a.-9-3-22 o.c.g.a.-9-3-28 plan-administrator retroactive-assignment standing state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-penalty Whether the District court borrowed the appropriate state law for ERISA statutory penalty
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…
18-6543 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 29-usc-1132 appropriate-relief benefit-plans defined-benefit defined-benefit-plan erisa erisa-29-usc-1132 erisa-standing fiduciary-duty monetary-relief plan-surplus secretary-of-labor standing statutory-interpretation surplus-assets trust Does the Secretary of Labor have standing to sue for 'losses' to the surplus of an ERISA defined benefit welfare plan without showing concrete harm to…
18-467 Barbara Fletcher, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response Waived ambiguity-principles circuit-split civil-rights collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation due-process erisa federal-common-law labor-management-relations-act retiree-healthcare supreme-court-precedent Whether collectively-bargained retiree healthcare benefits may be implied and do not require unequivocal contract language
18-232 W. A. Griffin v. Teamcare, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied assignment assignment-of-rights benefit-assignment circuit-split erisa medical-provider medical-providers participant-rights statutory-penalties welfare-benefit-plan welfare-benefits written-assignment-of-benefits Whether ERISA authorizes assignment of statutory penalties
18-134 Jennifer Perkins v. US Airways, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6) benefits-denial current-employment-status erisa health-benefits medicare-as-secondary-payer medicare-secondary-payer plan-documents summary-judgment unreasonable-denial-of-benefits Whether the court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims under the Medicare as Secondary Payer Act and ERISA for unreasonable denial of benefits, and…