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McNeal v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord, 538 U.S. 822, 831 (2003), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 815 (2004). “[C]ourts have no warrant to require administrators to automatically accord special weight to the opinions of a claimant’s physician; nor may courts impose on administrators a discrete burden of explanation when they credit reliable evidence that conflicts with a treating physician’s evaluation.” Id. at 834.
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M.E. v. T.J.
See Artichoke Joe’s Ca[l.] Grand Casino v. Norton, 353 F.3d 712 , 719 n.10 (9th Cir.[ ]2003) (citation omitted) (declining to address whether a tribe was necessary party to challenge the validity of tribal-state gaming compacts because the issue was ‘raised only in an amicus brief’), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 815 (2004).”).
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McCRACKEN AND AMICK, INC. v. Perdue
See Artichoke Joe’s California Grand Casino v. Norton, 353 F.3d 712 , 719 n.10 (9th Cir. 2003) [hereinafter Artichoke Joe’s II] (declining to *484 address whether tribe was necessary party to challenge to the validity of tribal-state gaming compacts because the issue was “raised only in an amicus brief’), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 815 , 51, 160 L.
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Collins v. Department of Interior
See Artichoke Joe’s v. Norton, 353 F.3d 712 , 736 (9th Cir.2003), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 815 , 125 S.Ct. 51 , 160 L.Ed.2d 20 (2004).
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Shaw v. Life Insurance Co. of North America
Where such discretion is vested in the administrator, “a district court may review the administrator’s determinations only for an abuse of discretion.” Taft v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc’y, 9 F.3d 1469 , 1471 n. 2 (9th Cir.1994); see also Nord v. Black & Decker Disability Plan, 356 F.3d 1008, 1010 (9th Cir.2004) (“[WJhere, as here, a plan administrator has ‘discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits,’ we review the benefits decision for abuse of discretion”), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 815 , 125 S.Ct. 62 , 160 L.Ed.2d 20 (2004).
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Arrington
v.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
v.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
03-1605.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 4, 2004.
Published
ARRINGTON
v.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.
No. 03-1605.
Supreme Court of United States.
October 4, 2004.
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 93 Fed. Appx. 593.