· 9/21/1999
John Carey v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 363 Pension Plan
Citations
- 201 F.3d 44
- 23 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2273
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 32699
How courts have described this case
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- noting that statutes of limitations should not be disregarded out of a sympathy for individual litigants
- noting that statutes of limitations should not be disregarded out of a sympathy for individual litigants
- stating that statutes of limitation serve to encourage “rapid resolution of disputes”
- holding denial of informal request for benefits to be clear repudiation
- the limitations period begins upon a clear and known repudiation of the benefits to which participants were previously entitled
- “[S]tatutes of limitation are not to be disregarded by courts out of a vague sympathy for particular litigants.”
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Judges: Oakes, Kearse, Cabranes
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