O'Shea v. First Manhattan Co. Thrift Plan & Trust

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• concluding that state law that “affects key plan documents such as the [Beneficiary] Designation Form . . . is preempted by ERISA”
• holding denial is arbitrary and capricious where plan administrator or fiduciary has “impose[d] a standard not required by the plan’s provisions, or interpret[ed] the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words”
• applying the arbitrary and capricious standard of review where the plan stated “[t]he Trustees shall determine any questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan”
• “The Trustees shall determine any questions arising in the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan.”
• denial is arbitrary and capricious where plan administrator or fiduciary has “impose[d] a standard not required by the plan’s provisions, or interpreted] the plan in a manner inconsistent with its plain words”

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Napoletano v. CIGNA Healthcare of Connecticut, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-07-23· cited 312×
• Janet Carr v. The Gates Health Care Plan
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-10-21· cited 68×
• Weinreb v. Xerox Bus. Servs., LLC
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-08-29· cited 26×
• Armstrong v. LIBERTY MUT. LIFE ASSUR. OF BOSTON
  S.D. New York· 2003-06-30· cited 10×
• Franzese v. United Health Care/Oxford
  E.D. New York· 2017-01-05· cited 4×
• Edwards v. Akzo Nobel, Inc.
  W.D. New York· 2001-09-17· cited 2×
• O'shea v. First Manhattan Co. Thrift Plan & Trust
  First Circuit· 1995-05-23
• Landor v. Guo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-10-09

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 6,595×
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-24· cited 2,871×
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 1,857×
• New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-26· cited 1,597×
• Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-01· cited 1,315×
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-17· cited 1,042×
• District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade
  Supreme Court· 1992-12-14· cited 443×
• Gloria Pagan v. Nynex Pension Plan and Nynex Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1995-04-12· cited 344×
• Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Francisco L. Borges, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and State of Connecticut
  Second Circuit· 1989-02-23· cited 194×
• Abnathya v. Hoffmann-La Roche
  Third Circuit· 1993-08-05· cited 62×
• Kathleen Murphy v. International Business MacHines Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1994-05-05· cited 44×
• Miles v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund Employee Pension Benefit Plan
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-20· cited 42×

Other cases named O'Shea v. First Manhattan Co. Thrift Plan & Trust

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• O'shea v. First Manhattan Co. Thrift Plan & Trust
  First Circuit· 1995-05-23