Rosalie Pohl, Steve Pohl, Peter Kellner, and Linda Kellner v. National Benefits Consultants, Inc.

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• affirming dismissal of state law claims where plaintiffs “ha[d] no claim, period” due to preemption
• “ERISA makes the existence of discretion a sine qua non of fiduciary duty”
• discretion is the sine qua non of fiduciary status
• The court noted that although the plaintiffs were not seeking to enlarge their coverage as such, any money they obtained from their suit would be functionally a benefit to which the terms of the plan did not entitle them. \This type of end run is regularly rebuffed.\

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