erisa-preemption

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25-470 Scott Cannon, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. First Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied derivative-claim erisa-preemption first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation wrongful-death Whether a claim for wrongful death under Massachusetts law is preempted by ERISA
25-452 UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, a Connecticut Corporation, et al. v. Fremont Emergency Services (Mandavia), Ltd., a Nevada Professional Corporation, et al. Nevada 2025-10-15 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived erisa-preemption health-plan-administration out-of-network-care plan-reimbursement state-law-claims unjust-enrichment Whether ERISA § 514 preempts a claim asserting that the administrator of an ERISA-governed health plan was required by state law to reimburse out-of-n…
23-1213 Glen Mulready, in His Official Capacity as Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Tenth Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process erisa-preemption medicare-part-d network-participation pharmacy-benefit-managers pharmacy-choice preemption rural-patient-access rutledge-v-pcma state-regulation Whether ERISA preempts state laws regulating PBMs
23A788 Glen Mulready, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Tenth Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete erisa-preemption health-care-access insurance-law patient-rights pharmacy-benefit-managers state-regulation Whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts state regulations of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that govern plan administra…
22-1069 Benefit Strategies West, Inc., et al. v. Roger Naumann, et al. Arizona 2023-05-04 Denied civil-procedure erisa-jurisdiction erisa-plan-administration erisa-preemption erisa-statutory-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption participant-claims plan-administration state-court-jurisdiction trustee-rights Whether the Arizona Court of Appeals violated ERISA's exclusive federal jurisdiction and preemption doctrine by asserting state law and state-court ju…
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
21-1287 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…
21-1019 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 …
21-879 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 …
21-558 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…
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
20-343 Estate of David Maurice, et al. v. Life Insurance Company of North America Ninth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived circuit-split erisa-preemption health-plans insurance-policy-interpretation ninth-circuit proximate-cause saving-clause Whether the court below erred by refusing to apply Kentucky Ass'n of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller
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?
19-752 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…
19-354 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…
19-77 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?
18-540 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association Eighth Circuit 2018-10-24 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (20)Relisted (2) circuit-split drug-reimbursement eighth-circuit erisa-preemption health-care-law pbm-regulation pharmacy-benefit-managers rate-regulation state-regulation Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding that Arkansas's statute regulating PBMs' drug-reimbursement rates, which is similar to laws enacted by a s…
18-5409 In Re Daniel Riley 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights drug-reimbursement due-process erisa-preemption habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pharmacy-benefit-managers rate-regulation sentencing state-regulation statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority supreme-court-precedent time-limitation time-limits Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding that A Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals has abused its discretion by failing to decide petitioner's application for permission to file a second or …