McMillan v. Parrott

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a divorce settlement may not waive a beneficiary’s pension plan benefits, as the plan administrator is only to consider the designation on file
• “The waiver provision in Barbara Parrott’s divorce settlement, however emphatic, does not specifically refer to her interest as beneficiary of these ERISA plans.”
• Congress intended ERISA plans to be uniform in their interpretation and simple in their application
• “The designation of beneficiaries plainly relates to these ERISA plans, and we see no reason to apply state law on this issue.”
• “This clear statutory command, together with the plan provisions, answer the question; the documents control. . . .”
• state law governing whether a waiver in a divorce settlement relinquished former spouse’s right to receive policy’s death benefits involves the designation of beneficiaries and therefore “relates to” an ERISA plan

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Todd v. AIG Life Ins. Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-29· cited 155×
• Shelby County Health Care Corporation v. Southern Council of Industrial Workers Health and Welfare Trust Fund,defendant-Appellant, Tracy Mason
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-02-15· cited 148×
• David T. Hunter (99-3620) Robert Allison (99-3623) v. Caliber System, Inc., F/k/a Roadway Services, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-08-02· cited 142×
• Barnett v. Barnett
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 141×
• Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company v. William Jackson Adams, Iv, Rosita L. Adams
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-07-27· cited 128×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-07-15· cited 109×
• Beatrice Hinds Carland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-06-21· cited 102×
• Willie Lee Tinsley v. General Motors Corporation Metropolitan Life, Beulah Calloway, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 2000-09-26· cited 69×
• Unnamed case
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-06-07· cited 68×
• Strong v. Omaha Construction Industry Pension Plan
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2005-06-24· cited 65×
• Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23944l Rosemary Riordan v. Commonwealth Edison Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-10-17· cited 64×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Richard E. Hanslip, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Louis Hanslip, Deceased, Ardith McCool
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-07-16· cited 59×
• Mattei v. Mattei
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-09-25· cited 49×
• Mcmillan v. Parrott
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-09-10· cited 40×
• MacInnes v. MacInnes
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2004-04-02· cited 35×
• Lynd v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-09-03· cited 32×
• James M. McGowan Sr. v. Njr Service Corporation New Jersey Natural Gas Company
  Third Circuit· 2005-09-13· cited 26×
• Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Howell
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-09-25· cited 24×
• Estate of Altobelli v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-03-20· cited 23×
• Keen v. Weaver
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-06-19· cited 22×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 3,550×
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Fox Valley & Vicinity Construction Workers Pension Fund v. Laurine Brown (Lamar), and Dessie Brown, and All Unknown
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-03-09· cited 169×
• Whitworth Bros. Storage Company v. Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Defendants
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-08-26· cited 100×
• Lyman Lumber Company v. E. John Hill, Cassie Hill and Seth Hill
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-06-14· cited 71×

Other cases named McMillan v. Parrott

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Mcmillan v. Parrott
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-09-10· cited 40×