Gilliam v. Nevada Power Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e endeavor to interpret each provision consistent with the entire document such that no provision is rendered nugatory.”
• in interpreting the 20 plain language of an ERISA contract, courts look to “the context 21 that gave rise to its inclusion”
• “Our task therefore is to determine whether . . . the plan’s definition of ‘earnings’ . . . includes [the plaintiff’s] severance pay.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).