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1000 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP. V. THE LTV CORP., 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
[Syllabus]
931 CENTRAL LABORERS’ PENSION FUND V. HEINZ
[Syllabus]
Whether an amendment to a multiemployer pension plan that provides for the suspension of the payment of early retirement benefits during the period that a participant, after retiring, is employed by another firm in the same industry is a prohibited elimination or reduction of such benefits under the "anti-cutback" rule in Section 204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1054(g), when applied to employees who retired prior to adoption of the amendment.
824 CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS OF CAL. V. CONSTRUCTION LABORERS PENSION TRUST, 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
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338 RAYMOND B. YATES, M.D., P.C. PROFIT SHARINGPLAN V. HENDON
[Syllabus]
Whether the working owner of a business (here, the sole shareholder of a corporate employer) is precluded from being a "participant" under Section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1002(7), in an ERISA plan?
313 AETNA HEALTH INC. V. DAVILA
[Syllabus]
Whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. ("ERISA"), as construed by the Supreme Court in Pilot Life Insurance Co. v. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41 (1987), and its progeny, completely preempts state-law claims by ERISA plan participants or beneficiaries who assert that a managed care company tortiously "failed to cover" (i.e., pay for) medical care?
302 NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD PLANS V. TRAVELERS, 514 U.S. 645 (1995)
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285 RUSH PRUDENTIAL HMO, INC. V. MORAN
[Syllabus]
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 does not preempt §4-10 of the Illinois Health Maintenance Organization Act-which provides recipients of health coverage by an HMO with a right to independent medical review of certain benefit denials-as applied to health benefits provided by an HMO under contract with an employee welfare benefit plan.
285 EGELHOFF V. EGELHOFF
[Syllabus]
The Washington statute that provides that the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a nonprobate asset is revoked automatically upon divorce has a connection with ERISA plans and is therefore expressly pre-empted by ERISA.
280 LOCAL 144 NURSING HOME PENSION FUND V. DEMISAY, 508 U.S. 581 (1993).
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280 UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA V. WARD
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280 BAY AREA LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING PENSION TRUST FUND V. FERBAR CORP. OF CALIFORNIA, 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
[Syllabus]
280 MILWAUKEE BREWERY WORKERS' PENSION PLAN V. JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO., 513 U.S. 414 (1995)
[Syllabus]
275 HARRIS TRUST AND SAV. BANK V. SALOMONSMITH BARNEY INC.
[Syllabus]
Whether a non-fiduciary party in interest with respect to an employee benefit plan that engages in a prohibited transaction, as defined in Section 406(a) (1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (""ERISA""), 29 U.S.C. 1106(a)(1), with the plan can be sued under ERISA 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3), for ""appropriate equitable relief,"" including restitution."
270 JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. V. HARRIS TRUST & SAV. BANK, 510 U.S. 86 (1993).
[Syllabus]
257 BOGGS V. BOGGS, 520 U.S. 833 (1997).
[Syllabus]
257 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT V. DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTION, 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
[Syllabus]
257 PEGRAM V. HERDRICH
[Syllabus]
Whether a health maintenance organization (""HMO"") and its physicians breach a fiduciary duty under section 404(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1404(a)(1), by implementing a managed care program in which the physicians receive financial incentives to provide medical care to the HMO's enrollees in a cost-effective manner.
250 HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. V. JACOBSON
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250 INGERSOLL-RAND CO. V. MCCLENDON, 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
[Syllabus]
244 BLACK & DECKER DISABILITY PLAN V. NORD
[Syllabus]
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that an ERISA disability plan administrator's determination of disability is subject to the treating physician rule and, therefore, the plan administrator is required to accept a treating physician's opinion of disability as controlling unless the plan administrator rebuts that opinion in writing based upon substantial evidence on the record.
244 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. GREATER WASHINGTON BD. OF TRADE, 506 U.S. 125 (1992).
[Syllabus]
236 LOCKHEED CORP. ET AL. V. SPINK, 517 U.S. 882 (1996).
[Syllabus]
236 VARITY CORP. V. HOWE ET AL., 516 U.S. 489 (1996).
[Syllabus]
228 DE BUONO . V. NYSA-ILA MEDICAL AND CLINICAL SERVICE FUND, 520 U.S. 806 (1997)
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219 FMC CORP. V. HOLLIDAY, 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
[Syllabus]
219 PEACOCK V. THOMAS, 516 U.S. 349 (1996).
[Syllabus]
208 MERTENS V. HEWITT ASSOCS., 508 U.S. 248 (1993).
[Syllabus]
208 BECK V. PACE INT L UNION
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197 PATTERSON V. SHUMATE, 504 U.S. 753 (1992).
[Syllabus]
197 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. V. DARDEN, 503 U.S. 318 (1992).
[Syllabus]
170 KENTUCKY ASSN. OF HEALTH PLANS, INC. V. MILLER
[Syllabus]
Kentucky's "Any Willing Provider" statutes are "law[s] . . . which regulat[e] insurance" under 29 U. S. C. §1144(b)(2)(A) and are therefore saved from pre-emption by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
170 ALLIED STRUCTURAL STEEL CO. V. SPANNAUS
[Opinion]
152
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152 HOWARD DELIVERY SERVICE, INC. V. ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO.
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131 INTER MODAL RAIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION V. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY, 520 U.S. 510 (1997)
[Syllabus]
131 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. V. SCHOONEJONGEN, 514 U.S. 73 (1995).
[Syllabus]
131 EASTERN ENTERPRISES V. APFEL, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
[Syllabus]
103 LV. DEWOLFF, BOBERG & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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103 ALLIED STRUCTURAL STEEL CO. V. SPANNAUS
[Dissent]
65 COMMISSIONER V. KEYSTONE CONSOL. INDUS., 508 U.S. 152 (1993).
[Syllabus]
65 GEISSAL V. MOORE MEDICAL CORP., 524 U.S. 74 (1998)
[Syllabus]
65 GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INS. CO. V. KNUDSON
[Syllabus]
Because petitioners are seeking legal relief-the imposition of personal liability on respondents for a contractual obligation to pay money-this action is not authorized by §502(a)(3) of ERISA, which prescribes a suit for "appropriate equitable relief."
1000 RAYMOND B. YATES, M.D., P.C. PROFIT SHARINGPLAN V. HENDON
[Syllabus]
Whether the working owner of a business (here, the sole shareholder of a corporate employer) is precluded from being a "participant" under Section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1002(7), in an ERISA plan?
855 HARRIS TRUST AND SAV. BANK V. SALOMONSMITH BARNEY INC.
[Syllabus]
Whether a non-fiduciary party in interest with respect to an employee benefit plan that engages in a prohibited transaction, as defined in Section 406(a) (1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (""ERISA""), 29 U.S.C. 1106(a)(1), with the plan can be sued under ERISA 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3), for ""appropriate equitable relief,"" including restitution."
841 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP. V. THE LTV CORP., 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
[Syllabus]
838 CENTRAL LABORERS’ PENSION FUND V. HEINZ
[Syllabus]
Whether an amendment to a multiemployer pension plan that provides for the suspension of the payment of early retirement benefits during the period that a participant, after retiring, is employed by another firm in the same industry is a prohibited elimination or reduction of such benefits under the "anti-cutback" rule in Section 204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1054(g), when applied to employees who retired prior to adoption of the amendment.
802 BOGGS V. BOGGS, 520 U.S. 833 (1997).
[Syllabus]
791 INGERSOLL-RAND CO. V. MCCLENDON, 498 U.S. 133 (1990)
[Syllabus]
735 EGELHOFF V. EGELHOFF
[Syllabus]
The Washington statute that provides that the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a nonprobate asset is revoked automatically upon divorce has a connection with ERISA plans and is therefore expressly pre-empted by ERISA.
675 CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS OF CAL. V. CONSTRUCTION LABORERS PENSION TRUST, 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
[Syllabus]
649 LOCKHEED CORP. ET AL. V. SPINK, 517 U.S. 882 (1996).
[Syllabus]
600 BECK V. PACE INT L UNION
[Syllabus]
580 PATTERSON V. SHUMATE, 504 U.S. 753 (1992).
[Syllabus]
570 HOWARD DELIVERY SERVICE, INC. V. ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO.
[Syllabus]
558 HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. V. JACOBSON
[Syllabus]
533 EASTERN ENTERPRISES V. APFEL, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
[Syllabus]
503 PEACOCK V. THOMAS, 516 U.S. 349 (1996).
[Syllabus]
501 INTER MODAL RAIL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION V. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY, 520 U.S. 510 (1997)
[Syllabus]
484 MERTENS V. HEWITT ASSOCS., 508 U.S. 248 (1993).
[Syllabus]
366 LV. DEWOLFF, BOBERG & ASSOCIATES, INC.
[Syllabus]
299 COMMISSIONER V. KEYSTONE CONSOL. INDUS., 508 U.S. 152 (1993).
[Syllabus]
276 AETNA HEALTH INC. V. DAVILA
[Syllabus]
Whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. ("ERISA"), as construed by the Supreme Court in Pilot Life Insurance Co. v. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41 (1987), and its progeny, completely preempts state-law claims by ERISA plan participants or beneficiaries who assert that a managed care company tortiously "failed to cover" (i.e., pay for) medical care?
266 NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD PLANS V. TRAVELERS, 514 U.S. 645 (1995)
[Syllabus]
255 BAY AREA LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING PENSION TRUST FUND V. FERBAR CORP. OF CALIFORNIA, 522 U.S. 192 (1997)
[Syllabus]
251 RUSH PRUDENTIAL HMO, INC. V. MORAN
[Syllabus]
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 does not preempt §4-10 of the Illinois Health Maintenance Organization Act-which provides recipients of health coverage by an HMO with a right to independent medical review of certain benefit denials-as applied to health benefits provided by an HMO under contract with an employee welfare benefit plan.
247 UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA V. WARD
[Syllabus]
238 JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. V. HARRIS TRUST & SAV. BANK, 510 U.S. 86 (1993).
[Syllabus]
227 PEGRAM V. HERDRICH
[Syllabus]
Whether a health maintenance organization (""HMO"") and its physicians breach a fiduciary duty under section 404(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1404(a)(1), by implementing a managed care program in which the physicians receive financial incentives to provide medical care to the HMO's enrollees in a cost-effective manner.
227 CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT V. DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTION, 519 U.S. 316 (1997)
[Syllabus]
215 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. GREATER WASHINGTON BD. OF TRADE, 506 U.S. 125 (1992).
[Syllabus]
215 BLACK & DECKER DISABILITY PLAN V. NORD
[Syllabus]
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that an ERISA disability plan administrator's determination of disability is subject to the treating physician rule and, therefore, the plan administrator is required to accept a treating physician's opinion of disability as controlling unless the plan administrator rebuts that opinion in writing based upon substantial evidence on the record.
215 MILWAUKEE BREWERY WORKERS' PENSION PLAN V. JOS. SCHLITZ BREWING CO., 513 U.S. 414 (1995)
[Syllabus]
208 VARITY CORP. V. HOWE ET AL., 516 U.S. 489 (1996).
[Syllabus]
201 LOCAL 144 NURSING HOME PENSION FUND V. DEMISAY, 508 U.S. 581 (1993).
[Syllabus]
201 DE BUONO . V. NYSA-ILA MEDICAL AND CLINICAL SERVICE FUND, 520 U.S. 806 (1997)
[Syllabus]
193 FMC CORP. V. HOLLIDAY, 498 U.S. 52 (1990)
[Syllabus]
174 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. V. DARDEN, 503 U.S. 318 (1992).
[Syllabus]
150 KENTUCKY ASSN. OF HEALTH PLANS, INC. V. MILLER
[Syllabus]
Kentucky's "Any Willing Provider" statutes are "law[s] . . . which regulat[e] insurance" under 29 U. S. C. §1144(b)(2)(A) and are therefore saved from pre-emption by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
134
[Syllabus]
116 ROUSEY V. JACOWAY
[Syllabus]
116 CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. V. SCHOONEJONGEN, 514 U.S. 73 (1995).
[Syllabus]
116 HAZEN PAPER V. BIGGINS, 507 U.S. 604 (1993).
[Syllabus]
116 BARNHART V. PEABODY COAL CO.
[Syllabus]
Although the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 provides that the Commissioner of Social Security "shall, before October 1, 1993," assign each coal industry retiree eligible for benefits to an extant operator or related entity, initial assignments made after that date are valid despite their untimeliness.
91 UNITED STATES V. REOGANIZED CF&I FABRICATORS OF UTAH, INC., ET AL., 518 U.S. 213 (1996)
[Syllabus]
58 GEISSAL V. MOORE MEDICAL CORP., 524 U.S. 74 (1998)
[Syllabus]
58 GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INS. CO. V. KNUDSON
[Syllabus]
Because petitioners are seeking legal relief-the imposition of personal liability on respondents for a contractual obligation to pay money-this action is not authorized by §502(a)(3) of ERISA, which prescribes a suit for "appropriate equitable relief."
58 UNITED STATES V. HATTER
[Syllabus]
The judgment below is reversed insofar as the Federal Circuit found that the application of Medicare taxes to the salaries of federal judges taking office before 1983 violated the Compensation Clause, but affirmed insofar as that court found the application of Social Security taxes to the salaries of judges taking office before 1984 unconstitutional; a 1984 salary increase received by federal judges did not cure the latter violation.
58 UNITED STATES V. WHITE MOUNTAINAPACHE TRIBE
[Syllabus]
Public Law 86-392 gives rise to Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction in the Court of Federal Claims over respondent Tribe's suit for money damages against the United States for breach of a fiduciary duty to manage Fort Apache land and improvements held in trust for the Tribe but occupied by the Government.
58 UNITED STATES V. CARLTON, 512 U.S. 26 (1994).
[Syllabus]
58 DEVLIN V. SCARDELLETTI
[Syllabus]
Nonnamed class members who have objected in a timely manner to approval of a settlement at a fairness hearing have the power to bring an appeal without first intervening in the lawsuit.