| 25-514 |
Microchip Technology Incorporated, et al. v. Peter Schuman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-10-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
breach-of-duty employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty release-of-claims voluntary-release |
Whether, in a case involving a release of claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a plan sponsor's alleged breach of fiduciary duty … |
| 23-1159 |
Roland Huff v. BP Corporation North America, Inc. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-04-25 |
Denied |
|
employee-benefits erisa group-life-insurance group-policy information-disclosure insurance-rates life-insurance policy-contract rate-increase transparency |
Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their … |
| 23-1094 |
AT&T Services, Inc., et al. v. Robert J. Bugielski, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
arm's-length-agreement circuit-conflict employee-benefit-plan employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty precedent prohibited-transaction |
Whether a fiduciary to an employee benefit plan causes the plan to engage in a prohibited transaction under Section 406(a)(1)(C) of the Employee Retir… |
| 23-12 |
John Kowal v. Ferndale Area School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-07-05 |
Denied |
|
age-discrimination but-for-causation employee-benefits equal-cost-or-equal-benefit equal-protection medicare-eligibility older-workers-benefit-protection-act takings-clause |
The U.S. Supreme Court, in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, (2013) and Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., (2009), inter … |
| 22-6720 |
Angela Bakos v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-02-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
benefits-suit civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa limitation-period notice notice-requirement procedural-requirement statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Whether Respondent UNUM was required under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq., to provide Petitioner BAKOS with
a… |
| 22-690 |
Acquanitta L. Harris-Patterson v. Armco Steel, aka AK Steel Corporation, et al. |
Missouri |
2023-01-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
benefits-book benefits-package benefits-payments benefits-policy benefits-termination compensation-dispute death-benefits employee-benefits interest-accrued misrepresentation social-security wage-deduction |
There are a number of tentative questions presented by the Petitioner as following:
1. What cancel checks have been paid? And if so who were they pai… |
| 21-1266 |
Erica Talasek v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-03-18 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights employee-benefits erisa estoppel misrepresentation summary-judgment |
Whether the beneficiary of an employee benefits plan can bring an equitable estoppel claim under ERISA based on misrepresentations at variance with th… |
| 21-1019 |
The ERISA Industry Committee v. City of Seattle, Washington |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-19 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split employee-benefits ERISA-preemption healthcare-expenditures ninth-circuit play-or-pay play-or-pay-laws state-and-local-laws state-local-regulation |
Whether state and local play-or-pay laws that require employers to make minimum monthly healthcare expenditures for their covered employees relate to … |
| 21-861 |
First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company v. Giorgio Armani Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split co-fiduciary contribution employee-benefits erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty indemnity statutory-interpretation |
Whether, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, a fiduciary can seek contribution and indemnity fr… |
| 21-602 |
Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al. v. Michigan Education Association, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
benefit-vesting civil-rights cnh-industrial-v-reese contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation employee-benefits erisa extrinsic-evidence plan-interpretation retiree-medical-plan vesting |
Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face, within the meaning enunciated in CNH Industrial v Reese, 138 S. Ct. 761 (2018), may be s… |
| 20-683 |
Dirk Wilke, Interim State Health Officer of North Dakota, et al. v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
GVR |
|
civil-rights eighth-circuit employee-benefits erisa erisa-preemption health-care-law pharmacy-benefit-managers plan-administration preemption state-regulation |
1. Whether, contrary to decisions of this Court and every other court of appeals that has addressed the issue, ERISA preempts a State law simply becau… |
| 20-638 |
Samuel Gonzales v. ConocoPhillips Company, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-11-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees burden-shifting civil-rights discretion employee-benefits erisa |
1. Whether and to what extent district courts must consider ERISA's purpose "to protect *** the interests of participants in employee benefit plans an… |
| 19-1334 |
Signode Industrial Group LLC, et al. v. Harold Stone, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split cnh-industrial collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law contract-termination employee-benefits labor-law lifetime-benefits m-and-g-polymers vested-benefits vested-rights |
Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with decisions reached by at least two other federal courts of appeals and in spite of this … |
| 19-1239 |
Jackson Ridge Rehabilitation and Care, et al. v. Rhonda Meadows |
Ohio |
2020-04-22 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
concurrent-jurisdiction employee-benefits erisa exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction interference retaliation statutory-interpretation |
Whether ERISA claims for retaliation and interference are enforced through 29 U.S.C. §1132(a)(1)(B), as decided by the Ohio Supreme Court and the Fift… |
| 19-980 |
Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorney-fees beneficiary-rights civil-rights employee-benefits erisa fee-award health-plan judicial-review legal-success legal-victory standard-of-review |
The question presented is whether a beneficiary achieves "some success on the merits" for purposes of a fee award under ERISA Section 502(g)(1) when s… |
| 19-784 |
University of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Jennifer Sweda, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-12-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
breach-of-duty civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty investment-options iqbal pleading-standard twombly twombly-standard |
1. Whether Twombly's pleading standard governs breach of fiduciary duty claims under ERISA.
2. Whether a complaint states a plausible claim for breac… |
| 19-77 |
Caring For Montanans, Inc., et al. v. The Depot, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split conflict-preemption connection-with employee-benefits employer-liability enforcement-remedy enforcement-scheme erisa-preemption express-preemption insurance insurance-misrepresentation misrepresentation plan-terms reference-to state-law-claims |
The familiar express preemption provision in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") outlaws any state laws that "relate to" an … |
| 18A1247 |
The Depot, Inc, et al. v. Caring for Montanans, Inc., fka Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Presumed Complete |
|
employee-benefits erisa federal-preemption health-benefit-plan insurance-regulation ninth-circuit |
Question not identified. |
| 18-8813 |
Jean Bultman v. Cigna Group Insurance Company, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-duty civil-procedure employee-benefits erisa fiduciary-duty plan-administration prudent-investor-rule retirement-plans standing statute-of-limitations |
Did the ERISA Plan Fiduciaries Breach their Duty to Provide Under the Six Year Statue of Limitations? |
| 18-578 |
William L. Pender, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
|
appropriate-relief benefit-plan civil-procedure divided-bench employee-benefits equitable-relief equity-courts erisa judicial-remedy pension-law solicitor-general statutory-interpretation |
Whether the word "appropriate" in ERISA § 502(a)(3) authorizes ERISA courts to decline to award an established equitable remedy based on consideration… |