Pens. Plan Guide P 23918h Linda Ramsey v. Hercules Incorporated and Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company

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• holding that “[t]he key question is whether the administrator has discretion under the plan.”
• noting that for both factual and legal determinations made by agencies, the Administrative Procedure Act requires de novo review when procedural safeguards are lacking
• “Underlying the deferential review that fact findings of [administrative law judges, agencies, or federal district courts] enjoy is a well established set of procedural protections that stem from the Constitution and individual statutes.”

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