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· 2/8/2000

Trujillo v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. Retirement Plan Committee

Citations

  • 203 F.3d 733
  • 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 707
  • 23 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2776
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 1673
  • 2000 WL 139994

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that an arbitrary and capricious standard applies where the plan gives the plan administrator discretionary authority
  • affirming district court's conclusion that the plan could offset the entire amount of worker's compensation benefits awarded to the beneficiary even though a portion of those benefits went immediately to his attorney
  • Court “will not set aside a benefit committee’s decision if it was based on a reasonable interpretation of the plan’s terms and was made in good faith”

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Judges: Briscoe, Porfilio, Rogers

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