Michael A. Costantino, on Behalf of the Class of v. Trw, Inc. Jake Schoepler, Secretary, Board of Administrators Trw Salaried Pension Plan

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• noting that where a party seeks to challenge the constitutionality of an administrative “provision” it is “properly dealt with in federal court”
• noting that, while the plaintiff could not show proximate cause, 14 the plaintiff adequately alleged causation for Article III standing
• listing as the purposes of requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies, “(1) To help reduce the number of frivolous law-suits under ERISA. (2) To promote the consistent treatment of claims for benefits. (3) To provide a nonadversarial method of claims settlement. (4
• listing as the purposes of requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies, “(1) To help reduce the number of frivolous law-suits under ERISA. (2) To promote the consistent treatment of claims for benefits. (3) To provide a nonadversarial method of claims settlement. (4
• abuse of discretion applies to issue of exhaustion of administrative remedies, even though de novo review would ordinarily apply to review of summary judgment
• “Besides, if an IRS ruling were to allow such an elimination, it would be contrary to the express language of the anti-cutback rules ... and so, the ruling would be invalid.”

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