Stone v. UNOCAL Termination Allowance Plan

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• noting that the conflict of interest is not considered when determining whether an administrator’s interpretation of the plan is legally correct and only bears on whether there was an abuse of discretion
• “The most important factor in this three-part analysis is whether the administrator’s interpretation was consistent with a fair reading of the plan.”

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Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holland v. International Paper Co. Retirement Plan
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-07-16· cited 150×
• North Cypress Medical Center Operating Co. v. Cigna Healthcare
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-03-10· cited 137×
• N. Cypress Med. Ctr. Operating Co. v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-07-31· cited 137×
• Deborah Firman v. Beacon Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-06-15· cited 77×
• LifeCare Management Services LLC v. Insurance Management Administrators Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-01-04· cited 76×
• Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Humble Surgical Hospital, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-12-19· cited 41×
• Encompass Office Solutions, Inc. v. La. Health Serv. & Indem. Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-03-19· cited 27×
• Mark Gomez v. Ericsson, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-08· cited 11×
• Phillips, Joann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company & Verizon Employee Benefits
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-05-10· cited 4×
• Patterson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  S.D. Texas· 2010-03-10· cited 2×
• Baker v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
  N.D. Texas· 2017-05-09· cited 2×
• Harmon v. Harmon
  S.D. Texas· 2013-08-02· cited 2×
• Firman v. Becon Const. Co., Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2011-06-03· cited 1×
• LifeCare Management Services, LLC v. Insurance Management Administrators, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 2011-01-19· cited 1×
• Leipzig v. Principal Life Insurance
  N.D. Texas· 2010-03-23· cited 1×
• Hargrave v. Commonwealth General Corporation's Long Term Disability Plan
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-05-13· cited 1×
• Holland v. Intl Paper Co Retmnt
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-08-06
• Phillips, Joann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company & Verizon Employee Benefits
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-07-03

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,751×
• Lain v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-29· cited 90×
• Crowell v. Shell Oil Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-08-14· cited 81×
• MacLachlan v. ExxonMobil Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-11-20· cited 45×
• Tucker v. Shreveport Transit Management Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-09-14· cited 17×
• Stone v. Unocal Termination Allowance Plan
  S.D. Texas· 2008-03-14· cited 2×

Other cases named Stone v. UNOCAL Termination Allowance Plan

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Stone v. Unocal Termination Allowance Plan
  S.D. Texas· 2008-03-14· cited 2×