Federal Case

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that, “[u]nlike cases wherein we 23 have remanded to the plan administrator, no factual determinations remain to be made in this 24 case”
• holding a plan administrator “may not construe a plan so as to impose an additional requirement for eligibility that clashes with the terms of the plan”
• recognizing our discretionary power to award fees under 29 U.S.C. S 1132(g)(1)
• stating it is an abuse of discretion for plan trustees to “ ‘impose a standard [of eligibility for pension plan benefits] not required by the pension plan itself’ ”
• \We have held that a cause of action for recovery of benefits accrues at the time the benefits are denied.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).