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· 12/1/2009

Anderson v. Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Pension Fund Board of Trustees

Citations

  • 588 F.3d 641
  • 48 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1292
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26107

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plan maintained under the Taft-Hartley Act did not have a conflict of interest because the plan did not meet the standard laid out in Glenn
  • noting that “ERISA permits employers to cut” benefits available under an employee welfare benefit plan
  • “A plan administrator abuses its discretion if it renders a decision without any explanation . . .” (emphasis added)
  • “A plan administrator abuses its discretion if it . . . . construes provisions of the plan in a way that conflicts with the plain language of the plan[.]”
  • unvested welfare benefits not protected by anti-cutback rules

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Judges: Trott, Bea, Conlon

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