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· 12/29/2015

Laurence Kaplan v. Saint Peter's Healthcare Syste

Citations

  • 810 F.3d 175
  • 62 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1512
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 22781
  • 2015 WL 9487719

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  • clarifying that Senator Talmadge’s language regarding the importance of church-affiliated organizations was focuséd on correcting the sunset provision for affiliated-agencies and was not meant to allow those agencies to establish church plans
  • clarifying that Senator Talmadge’s language regarding the importance of church-affiliated organizations was focused on correcting the sunset provision for affiliated-agencies and was not meant to allow those agencies to establish church plans
  • court considered plain meaning of statute, canons of construction, legislative history, agency rulings, argument relating .to congressional ratification, and constitutional avoidance doctrine
  • “Once a church plan is established [by a church], subsection C(ii) delineates what individuals may participate in the church plan as em- ployees of the church.”

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Judges: McKee, Ambro, Hardiman

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