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“any retiree's right to lifetime benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established by contract under the terms of the erisa-gov-erned benefit plan document”
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Elmore v. Cone Mills Corp.
But see Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 666 (11th Cir.), (arguably holding that only equitable estoppel can be employed in ERISA context, and only when terms of plan are ambiguous), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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William J. Elmore Wayne Comer, Individually and as Representatives of a Class of Similarly Situated v. Cone Mills Corporation Cone Mills Acquisition Corporation Dewey L. Trogdon Lacy G. Baynes, and Paul W. Stephanz Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A., Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor, Amicus Curiae (Three Cases). William J. Elmore Wayne Comer, Individually and as Representatives of a Class of Similarly Situated v. Cone Mills Corporation Cone Mills Acquisition Corporation Dewey L. Trogdon Lacy G. Baynes, and Paul W. Stephanz Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, N.A., Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor, Amicus Curiae
But see Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 666 (11th Cir.), (arguably holding that only equitable estoppel can be employed in ERISA context, and only when terms of plan are ambiguous), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Jacobs v. Citibank, N.A.
the denial of a class certification and the disqualification of counsel are interlocutory orders which are not immediately appealablej
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Richard Owens, Aaron Durall Beavers, of the Estate of Richard Owens, Deceased v. Storehouse, Inc., and Klais and Company, Inc.
any retiree's right to lifetime benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established by contract under the terms of the erisa-gov-erned benefit plan document
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Campbell v. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO., LP
Nonetheless, “[p]lan descriptions in employee handbooks or otherwise distributed to employees are considered ERISA documents.” Hamilton v. Air Jamaica, Ltd., 750 F.Supp. 1259, 1265 (E.D.Pa.1990), rev’d on other grounds, 945 F.2d 74 (3d Cir.1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 938 , 112 S.Ct. 1479 , *782 117 L.Ed.2d 622 (1992); accord Alday v. Container Corp. of Am,., 906 F.2d 660 , 665 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see"
Newman v. RCN Telecom Services, Inc.
See Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 179-80 (2d Cir.1990) (class certification properly denied because plaintiff was inappropriate class representative because its claim was subject to several unique defenses, including the fact that it continued to purchase the disputed CDs despite having knowledge of the alleged fraud), cert. denied 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991); In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litig., 230 F.R.D. 303, 308 (S.D.N.Y.2004) (class certification of § 349 claim not appropriate where plainti…
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Cited "see"
Mendoza v. Zirkle Fruit Co.
See Hanon, 976 F.2d at 508 . (“a named plaintiffs motion for class certification should not be granted if ‘there is a danger that absent class members will suffer if their representative is preoccupied with defenses unique to it’ ” (quoting Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 180 (2d Cir.1990), cert, denied, 498 U.S. 1025, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991))).
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Cited "see"
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Wells
See Alday v. Container Corporation of America, 906 F.2d 660 , 665 (11th Cir.1990) ("[A]ny ... right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established by contract under the terms of the ERISA-governed benefit plan document.”), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Gable v. Sweetheart Cup Company, Inc., supra note 11 at 855 ("[I]n recognition of ERISA’s requirement that employee benefit plans be governed by written plan documents filed with the Secretary of Labor, a participant’s right to a fixed level of lifetime benef…
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Cited "see"
Adkins v. Holland
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
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Cited "see"
In Re Sears Retiree Group Life Insurance Litigation
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665-66 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Moore, 856 F.2d at 492; Etherington, 747 F.Supp. at 1276-77 . 10 *950 Plaintiffs also present as extrinsic evidence the affidavits of a number of the Company’s managers stating their belief that the life insurance benefits were “paid up” after ten years of participation in the Plan (PLExhs.R, MM-UU).
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Cited "see"
BNL Equity Corp. v. Pearson
See Gary Plastic Packaging v. Merrill Lynch, 903 F.2d 176 (2nd Cir.1990), cert denied. 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991).
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Cited "see"
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. v. Oceanbridge Shipping International, Inc.
See Insurance Co. of North America v. M/V *1064 OCEAN LINK, 901 F.2d 934 , 937 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991).
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Cited "see"
Marinaccio v. Barnett Banks, Inc.
See Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 180 (2d Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991) quoting General Tel.
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Cited "see"
Kalodner v. Michaels Stores, Inc.
See Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 180 (2d Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991). 2.
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Cited "see"
Wentworth v. Digital Equipment Corp.
See Alday v. Container Corp. of Am., 906 F.2d 660 , 666 & n. 15 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d,668 (1991); Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
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Cited "see"
Santiago Rolon v. Chase Manhattan Bank
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665-66 (11th Cir.1990), ce rt. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991) (oral or written communications external to the summary plan description and in non-compliance with section 1022 are inapposite when summary plan description is clear); Hansen v. Continental Ins.
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Local 56, United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Campbell Soup Co.
See Alday v. Container Corporation of America, 906 F.2d 660, 664 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991) (Having concluded “any retiree’s right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it established by contracts,” Circuit determined employer reserved right to alter or terminate plan).
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Jensen v. Sipco, Inc.
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
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Cited "see"
Jensen v. SIPCO, Inc.
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
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Cited "see"
Maywalt v. Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co.
See Hearing Trans, of July 19, 1994 at 28-30 (making reference to Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 179 (2d Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991)); Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Roller, 472 U.S. 424, 430-32 , 105 S.Ct. 2757, 2760-62 , 86 L.Ed.2d 340 (1985) (O’Connor, J.) (clarifying Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord, 449 U.S. 368 , 101 S.Ct. 669 , 66 L.Ed.2d 571 (1981) (holding orders denying motions to disqualify counsel in civil cases not appeal-able as final decisions under § 1291 or unde…
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Cited "see"
Weatherly v. Illinois Bell Telephone
See Alday v. Container Corp. of Am., 906 F.2d 660 , 666 (11th Cir.1990), ce rt. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991) (federal common law claim of estoppel only available where plan provision ambiguous and representations are made to employee involving oral interpretation of ambiguous provision); Greany v. Western Farm Bureau Life Ins.
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Cited "see"
Orion Insurance v. The M/V \Humacao\""
See Insurance Co. of North America v. M/V Ocean Lynx, 901 F.2d 934, 937 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991); S/S Am.
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Cited "see"
Complete Health, Inc. v. Rasberry
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 666 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see"
Thompson v. Federal Express Corp.
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 666 (11th Cir.1990) cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Heidgerd v. Olin Corp., 906 F.2d 903, 907 (2d Cir.1990).
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Cited "see"
Werner v. Satterlee, Stephens, Burke & Burke
See Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, 119 F.R.D. 344, 347-48 (S.D.N.Y.1988), aff'd, 903 F.2d 176 (2d Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991).
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Hicks v. Fleming Companies, Inc.
See 29 U.S.C. § 1024 (c). 9 29 C.F.R. § 2520 .102–3(c). 10 Id. 11 29 C.F.R. § 2520 .102–3. 12 653 F.Supp. 612 (N.D.Ill.1987). 13 906 F.2d 660 (11th Cir.1990), cert denied, ––– U.S. ––––, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see"
Mann v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
See Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 666 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. McCain
Holdings, Inc. v. Mowbray , 208 F.3d 288 , 295 (1st Cir. 2000) (observing that "we regard the law as settled *812 that affirmative defenses should be considered in making class certification decisions"); see also note 4, supra. Baldwin Mutual notes that federal courts have concluded that when a class representative's claims are subject to a unique defense, the class should not be certified, either because the situation renders the class representative's claims atypical or because the class representative cannot adequately protect the class's interests in that the class representative will have…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. McCain
Holdings, Inc. v. Mowbray , 208 F.3d 288 , 295 (1st Cir. 2000) (observing that "we regard the law as settled *812 that affirmative defenses should be considered in making class certification decisions"); see also note 4, supra. Baldwin Mutual notes that federal courts have concluded that when a class representative's claims are subject to a unique defense, the class should not be certified, either because the situation renders the class representative's claims atypical or because the class representative cannot adequately protect the class's interests in that the class representative will have…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Dupler v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
Id.; see also Gary Plastic Packaging Corp., 903 F.2d at 179-80 (holding class certification properly denied because plaintiff was inappropriate class representative given its claim was subject to several unique defenses, including the fact that it continued to purchase disputed CDs despite having knowledge of the alleged fraud) cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 ; In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litig., 230 F.R.D. 303, 308 (S.D.N.Y.2004) (holding class certification of § 349 claim not appropriate where plaintiff was atypical because he continued to use his c…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Lettrich v. JC Penney Co Inc
See also Alday v. Container Corp. of Am., 906 F.2d 660 , 663 (11th Cir.1990), cert, denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Musto v. American Gen.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Chilton v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America
See, e.g., Alday v. Container Corp., 906 F.2d 660 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see, e.g."
In re Towers Financial Corp. Noteholders Litigation
See, e.g., Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 903 F.2d 176, 179 (2d Cir.1990) (“In light of the importance of the class action device in securities fraud suits, [Rule 23’s] factors are to be construed liberally.”), cert, denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991); Korn v. Franchard Corp., 456 F.2d 1206, 1209 (2d Cir.1972); Green v. Wolf Corp., 406 F.2d 291, 296 (2d Cir.1968), cert, denied, 395 U.S. 977 , 89 S.Ct. 2131 , 23 L.Ed.2d 766 (1969); In re Frontier Ins.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Fred Tonnies
See also Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990) ("[A]ny retiree's right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established under the terms of the Erisa-governed benefit plan document"), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see, e.g."
In Re: Unisys Corp
See also Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990) (“[A]ny retiree’s right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established under the terms of the Erisa-governed benefit plan document”), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Henley v. Marine Transportion
See, e.g., Insurance Co. of N. Am. v. M/V Ocean Lynx, 901 F.2d 934 , 939 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1025 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 667 (1991); General Elec.
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Cited "see, e.g."
George G. Wise v. El Paso Natural Gas Company
See, e.g., Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir.1990) ("[A]ny retiree's right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established by contract under the terms of the ERISA-governed benefit plan document.") (emphasis added), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); In re White Farm Equipment Co., 788 F.2d at 1193 ("[T]he parties may themselves set out by agreement or by private design, as set out in plan documents, whether retiree welfare benefits vest, or whether they may be terminated.") (emphasis add…
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Cited "see, e.g."
Wise v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.
See, e.g., Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665 (11th Cir. 1990)("[A]ny retiree's right to lifetime medical benefits at a particular cost can only be found if it is established by contract under the terms of the ERISA-governed benefit plan document.")(emphasis added), cert. denied, -- U.S. --, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); In re White Farm Equipment Co., 788 F.2d at 1193 ("[T]he parties may themselves set out by agreement or by private design, as set out in plan documents, whether retiree welfare benefits vest, or whether they may be terminated.") (emphasis added).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Carr v. First Nationwide Bank
See, e.g., Alday v. Container Corp. of America, 906 F.2d 660, 665-66 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1026 , 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Musto v. American General Corp., 861 F.2d *1490 at 907; Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Moise Vasseur v. Halliburton Co., and Halliburton Co. Retirees Medical Plan
See also Alday v. Container Corp. of Am., 906 F.2d 660 , 663 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 111 S.Ct. 675 , 112 L.Ed.2d 668 (1991); Musto v. American Gen.
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Russell
v.
O'Grady
v.
O'Grady
No. 90-688.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 7, 1991.
Published
Citer courts: Eleventh Circuit (1) · Second Circuit (1)
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.