Dowden v. Blue Cross

How courts have described this case

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

• “If a state law claim addresses an area of exclusive federal concern such as the right to receive benefits under the terms of an ERISA plan, then the claim falls in the province of the federal courts” and the state law cause of action is preempted by ERISA.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).