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· 5/8/1980

Amato v. Bernard

Citations

  • 618 F.2d 559

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that there are occasions when the exhaustion requirement does not apply, particularly where “resort to the administrative route is futile”
  • holding that “federal courts have the authority to enforce the exhaustion requirement in suits under ERISA, and that as a matter of sound policy they should usually do so”

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