| 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 |
| 22-20 |
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… |
| 20-1106 |
Jane Doe v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-02-11 |
Denied |
|
administrative-record circuit-split de-novo-review erisa-benefits evidence material-dispute standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether, on de novo consideration of an ERISA benefits claim, summary judgment must be denied if there is a genuine dispute of material fact |
| 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… |
| 19-196 |
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 |
| 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 |