State v. Rieker

How courts have described this case

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• holding that interpretation of an arbitration clause in an ERISA plan is “controlled by federal common law”
• concluding that, because “interpretation of language in a plan governed by ERISA is controlled by federal common law,” interpretation of an arbitration agreement within a plan is also governed by federal common law
• “Joining every other circuit to consider the issue, we recognize that ERISA claims are generally arbitrable.”
• “Joining every other circuit to consider the issue, we recognize that ERISA claims are generally arbitrable.” (collecting cases)
• applying prospective waiver in ERISA context and concluding that arbitration agreement that prohibited relief explicitly permitted by federal statute was un- enforceable
• “Joining every other circuit to consider the issue, we recognize that ERISA claims are generally arbitrable”; citing cases from the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 10th Circuits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).