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“where the trustees of a plan ... interpret the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words ... their actions may well be found to be arbitrary and capricious.”
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Top citers, strongest first. 35 distinct citers.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Cooke v. Lynn Sand & Stone Co.
lawful, discretionary acts of pension committee should not be disturbed, absent a showing of bad faith or arbitrariness
discussed
Cited as authority (quoted)
Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
implicit in this reasoning is a balancing of the defendant's need for the evidence with the burden on the plaintiff's constitutional rights from 1446 disclosure.
discussed
Cited as authority (quoted)
Carr v. Trustees of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union Pension Fund
where the trustees of a plan ... interpret the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words ... their actions may well be found to be arbitrary and capricious.
cited
Cited as authority (rule)
Cavallo v. Utica-Watertown Health Ins. Co., Inc.
Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 598 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 5.Ct. 105, 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); 29 U.S.C. § 1113 .
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Cited as authority (rule)
DeVito Ex Rel. Estate of DeVito v. Pension Plan of Local 819 I.B.T. Pension Fund
Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 5.Ct. 105, 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited as authority (rule)
Rippley v. Sande
Striegel v. Dakota Hills, Inc., supra; Minch v. City of Fargo, 297 N.W.2d 785 (N.D.1980), cert. den., — U.S. —, 104 5.Ct. 105, 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Melland Firestone, Inc. v. Streich, supra. It is apparent from the record of this case that all claims brought by Rippley have not been finally adjudicated.
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Cited "see"
Vail v. Plumbers, Pipe Fitters & Apprentices Local Number 112 Pension Fund
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Peterson v. Continental Casualty Co.
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 599 (2d Cir.) cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 , (1983).
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Cited "see"
Velez v. Prudential Health Care Plan of New York, Inc.
See Shelden v. Barre Belt Granite Employer Union Pension Fund, 25 F.3d 74 (2d Cir.1994) (“[the arbitrary and capricious] standard may *342 well be met if the trustees have, for example, ‘impose[d] a standard not required by the plan’s provisions or interpret[ed] the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plan needs.’ ” (citing Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.) cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983)); Clarke v. Bank of New York, 687 F.Supp. 868, 867 (S.D.N.Y.1988).
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Cited "see"
Jordan v. Retirement Committee Of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 601 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983). 53 Jordan next argues that the Retirement Committee's interpretation of Sec. 15.4.b is inconsistent with its prior interpretations of earlier, similarly worded COLA provisions.
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Cited "see"
Jordan v. Retirement Committee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 601 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
cited
Cited "see"
Camardo v. General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund, 698 F.2d 593 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Smith v. Rochester Telephone Business Marketing Corp.
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, Etc., 698 F.2d 593 , 598 (2d Cir.1983), ce rt. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Federal Deposit Insurance v. Wise
Afro-Lecon, 820 F.2d at 1206 ; Zenith Radio, 764 F.2d at 1579-81 ; Greater Newburyport, 838 F.2d at 19 ; see Mertsching v. United States, 547 F.Supp. 124, 128 (D.Colo.1982), affd, 704 F.2d 505 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Gaynor v. Ephrata Community Hospital
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598-99 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Paris v. Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Howard B.
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Cited "see"
Clarke v. Bank of New York
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Pompano v. Michael Schiavone & Sons, Inc., 680 F.2d 911, 915 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1039 , 103 S.Ct. 454 , 74 L.Ed.2d 607 (1982); Poggi v. N.Y.
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Cited "see"
Henne v. Allis-Chalmers Corp.
(2×)
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Schoenholtz v. Doniger
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 602 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); see also Bittner v. Sadoff & Rudoy Industries, 728 F.2d 820, 828 (7th Cir.1984).
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Cited "see"
Bologna v. NMU Pension Trust of NMU Pension & Welfare Plan
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
DeAngelis v. Warner Lambert Co.
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Riley v. MEBA Pension Trust, 570 F.2d 406, 410 (2d Cir.1977); Prusak v. Bethlehem 1980 Salaried Pension Plan, 618 F.Supp. 530, 531 (W.D.N.Y.1984).
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Cited "see"
40 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1597, 41 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,451 Irving P. Gray v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Irving P. Gray v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Ursic v. Bethlehem Mines, 719 F.2d 670, 673 (3d Cir.1983); Ironworkers Local No. 272 v. Bowen, 624 F.2d 1255 (5th Cir.1980); Lawrence v. Westerhaus, 749 F.2d 494 (8th Cir.1984); Smith v. CMTA-IAM Pension Trust, 746 F.2d 587 (9th Cir.1984); Gordon v. U.S. Steel Corp., 724 F.2d 106 (10th Cir.1983); Fine v. Semet, 699 F.2d 1091 (11th Cir.1983).
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Cited "see"
Gray v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Ursic v. Bethlehem Mines, 719 F.2d 670, 673 (3d Cir.1983); Ironworkers Local No. 272 v. Bowen, 624 F.2d 1255 (5th Cir.1980); Lawrence v. Westerhaus, 749 F.2d 494 (8th Cir.1984); Smith v. CMTA-IAM Pension Trust, 746 F.2d 587 (9th Cir.1984); Gordon v. U.S. Steel Corp., 724 F.2d 106 (10th Cir.1983); Fine v. Semet, 699 F.2d 1091 (11th Cir. 1983).
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Cited "see"
Dumac Forestry Services, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund, 698 F.2d 593 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1984).
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Cited "see"
Witmeyer v. Kilroy
District 17 v. Allied Corp., 765 F.2d 412, 416-17 (4th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 105 S.Ct. 3527 , 87 L.Ed.2d 652 (1985); Berry v. CIBA Geigy Corp., 761 F.2d 1003, 1006 (4th Cir.1985); Horn v. Mullins, 650 F.2d 35, 37 (4th Cir.1981); see Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Witmeyer v. Kilroy
District 17 v. Allied Corp., 765 F.2d 412 , 416-17 (4th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 3527 , 87 L.Ed.2d 652 (1985); Berry v. CIBA Geigy Corp., 761 F.2d 1003, 1006 (4th Cir.1985); Horn v. Mullins, 650 F.2d 35, 37 (4th Cir. 1981); see Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Secretary of Department of Labor, First American National Bank-Eastern, Intervenor/plaintiff-Appellee v. E. William King, the Crown Enterprises, Inc.
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 602 n. 9 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , *670 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Hummell v. S. E.
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Cited "see"
Gaines, Edith v. The Amalgamated Insurance Fund
(2×)
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 601 (2d Cir.), cert. denied — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see"
Charles W. Leigh and Ervin F. Dusek, Etc., and George Johnson, Intervening v. Clyde William Engle
See Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 , 602 (2d Cir.) (vacating award of fees to plaintiffs where judgment for plaintiffs was reversed on appeal), cert, denied, --U.S. --, 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Kemmis v. McGoldrick, 706 F.2d 993, 997-98 (9th Cir. 1983) (vacating fee award to employer where judgment for employer was reversed on appeal).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Dabertin v. HCR Manor Care, Inc.
Co., 140 F.3d 1104 , 1109 n. 3 (7th Cir.1998)(a plan administrator cannot interpret a plan to "render[] any of the plan language inconsistent or meaningless”); see also Miles v. The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.1983)(“where [the administrator] ... by [his] interpretation render[s] some provisions of the plan superfluous, [his] actions may well be found to be arbitrary and capricious”) (citations omitted), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983). 12 .
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Cited "see, e.g."
Venturini v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
See Brunoli v. Fred Brunoli & Sons, Inc. Pension Plan, 993 F.Supp. 66, 71 (D.Conn.1997) (noting that ERISA is silent as to the limitations period for claims that do not allege a breach of fiduciary duty, and thus applying the statute of limitations for the state law action most closely analogous to a claim under section 1132); see also Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Warzecha v. Nutmeg Companies, Inc.
See Brunoli v. Fred Brunoli & Sons, Inc. Pension Plan, 993 F.Supp. 66, 71 (D.Conn.1997) (noting that ERISA is silent as to the limitations period for claims that do not allege a breach of fiduciary duty, and thus applying the statute of limitations for the state law action most closely analogous to a claim under section 1132); see also Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 598 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Kekis v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Utica-Watertown, Inc.
See, e.g., Clarke v. Bank of New York, 687 F.Supp. 863, 867 (S.D.N.Y.1988) (citing, e.g., Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conf., 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983)); see also Morgan v. Mullins, 643 F.2d 1320, 1321 (8th Cir.1981).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Robert W. Heidgerd v. Olin Corporation
See, e.g., Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference, 698 F.2d 593 , 599 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Dennard v. Richards Group, Inc., 681 F.2d 306, 314 (5th Cir.1982); Varhola v. Doe, 820 F.2d 809, 813 (6th Cir.1987); Pabst Brewing Co. v. Anger, 784 F.2d 338, 338 (8th Cir.1986); Dockray v. Phelps Dodge Corp., 801 F.2d 1149, 1152 (9th Cir.1986); Anderson v. Ciba-Geigy Corp., 759 F.2d 1518, 1522 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 995 , 106 S.Ct. 410 , 88 L.Ed.2d 360 (1985).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Wallace v. American Petrofina, Inc.
See also, Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593, 599 (2d Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 829 , 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); and Dennard v. Richards Groups, Inc., 681 F.2d 306 (5th Cir.1982).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Home for Crippled Children v. Prudential Insurance
See also Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan, 698 F.2d 593 , 602 n. 9 (2d Cir.), cert, denied, — U.S.-, 104 S.Ct. 105 , 78 L.Ed.2d 108 (1983); Hummell v. S.E.
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Fadell
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 82-2119.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 3, 1983.
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.