· 5/3/1989
Joan C. Burnham, Etc. v. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Citations
- 873 F.2d 486
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 6032
- 1989 WL 43241
How courts have described this case
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- “[R]esort to federal common law generally is inappropriate when its application would ... threaten to override the explicit terms of an established ERISA benefit plan.”
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Judges: Bownes, Selya, Caffrey
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