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· 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

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

  • 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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