· 6/16/2004
Marcia Williams v. BellSouth Telecommunications
Citations
- 373 F.3d 1132
- 33 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1195
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 11795
- 2004 WL 1336858
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that decision to deny benefits was not “wrong” under de novo standard, thereby obviating need to perform heightened arbitrary and capricious review
- affirming summary judgment for administrator after determining that benefits decision was not “de novo wrong”
- “Because no grounds exist to disturb Kemper’s determination under the de novo review standard, we need not review it under the more deferential (‘mere’ or ‘heightened’ arbitrary and capricious) standard.”
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Judges: Edmondson, Hull, Edenfield
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