· 3/8/2005
In Re: Allstate Insurance Company Agent Transition Severance Plan
Citations
- 400 F.3d 505
- 34 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2005
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 3801
- 2005 WL 528349
How courts have described this case
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- finding that damages were incidental because the Court could easily determine each class members’ ERISA benefits by reading off the plan
- commenting that \[t]he thinking behind this distinction [concerning opt out] is that declaratory and injunctive relief will usually have the same effect on all members of the class as individual suits would.\
- commenting that \[t]he thinking behind this distinction [concerning opt-out rights] is that declaratory and injunctive relief will usually have the same effect on all members of the class as individual suits would\
- commenting that \[t]he thinking behind this distinction [concerning opt out rights] is that declaratory and injunctive relief will usually have the same effect on all members of the class as individual suits would\
- finding that no independent calculation would be required because “if the plaintiffs get the declaration they are seeking, the benefits to which the ERISA plan entitles them will simply be read off from the plan”
- vacating district court’s order certifying a class for ERISA claims under Rule 23(b)(2
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Judges: Posner, Ripple, Sykes
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