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· 8/14/2000

Robert a Bussian James J Keating v. Rjr Nabisco Incorporated

Citations

  • 223 F.3d 286
  • 25 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1120
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 19839
  • 2000 WL 1145395

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  • finding that although public notice was given of a proposed rulemaking, the notice did not focus on the issue involved in a DOL interpretive bulletin, which lacked the force of law, and was therefore not entitled to Chevron deference
  • explaining that fiduciaries may not \rely blindly\ on advice
  • explaining that fiduciaries may not “rely blindly” on advice
  • The decision to terminate a plan is not covered by ERISA, but fiduciary’s acts in implementing the termination are covered.
  • the duty of loyalty inquiry concerns “the extent to which the fiduciary’s conduct reflects a subordination of beneficiaries’ and participants’ interests to those of a third party”

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Judges: King, Garza

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