Mdphysicians & Associates, Inc. v. State Board of Insurance, a Body Politic of the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• determining that the subject plan was not an ERISA plan because it failed to meet both the commonality of interest and control requirements
• determining that the subject plan was not an ERISA plan because it failed to meet both the commonality of interest and control requirements
• noting the statutory definition controls, even though the plan at issue was “painstakingly drafted” to comply with ERISA and the relevant “documents and agreements ... all stated that ERISA controlled the terms of the particular document”
• “Only MEWAs that also constitute statutory [employee welfare benefit plans] are governed by and regulated under federal law — ERISA.”
• preemption issues need not be considered until ERISA status established
• preemption issues need not be considered until ERISA status established

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).