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· 6/27/2005

Theron M. McClain v. Retail Food Employers Joint Pension Plan and Board of Trustees of Retail Food Employers Joint Pension Plan

Citations

  • 413 F.3d 582
  • 35 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1645
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 12703
  • 2005 WL 1501812

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  • stare decisis requires court to give significant weight to recent decisions unless they have been overruled by a higher court decision or supervening statutory development
  • “We require a com- pelling reason to overturn circuit precedent,” such as where prior decisions “have been overruled or undermined by the decisions of a higher court, or other supervening develop- ments, such as a statutory overruling.”

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Judges: Manion, Rovner, Sykes

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