67 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 266,691 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 279,746 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
  3. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,240 times   622 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  4. Warth v. Seldin

    422 U.S. 490 (1975)   Cited 12,227 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"
  5. Varity Corp. v. Howe

    516 U.S. 489 (1996)   Cited 2,422 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ERISA fiduciaries may have duties to disclose information about plan prospects that they have no duty, or even power, to change
  6. Cigna Corp. v. Amara

    563 U.S. 421 (2011)   Cited 1,132 times   102 Legal Analyses
    Holding that SPDs provide "communication with beneficiaries about the plan, but . . . do not themselves constitute the terms of the plan for purposes of § 502(B)"
  7. In re Katrina Canal

    495 F.3d 191 (5th Cir. 2007)   Cited 4,816 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that flood exclusion provisions in State Farm policy covered damage caused by flooding due to breached levees
  8. King v. Burwell

    574 U.S. 988 (2015)   Cited 704 times   45 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress did not delegate health insurance policy to Internal Revenue Service
  9. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Russell

    473 U.S. 134 (1985)   Cited 2,140 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a participant's action filed pursuant to ERISA § 502 must seek remedies that provide a "benefit [to] the plan as a whole"
  10. Abramski v. United States

    573 U.S. 169 (2014)   Cited 275 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the information that Form 4473 compels a licensed dealer to keep "is information 'required by this chapter,'" and that a false answer on that form "pertains to information a dealer is statutorily required to maintain"
  11. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 163,831 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  12. Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 54   Cited 42,850 times   145 Legal Analyses
    Holding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
  13. Section 1132 - Civil enforcement

    29 U.S.C. § 1132   Cited 26,751 times   175 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable "[a]ny administrator" who fails to provide documents in a timely manner
  14. Section 1001 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    29 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 20,768 times   59 Legal Analyses
    Noting that ERISA was enacted “to protect ... employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries”
  15. Section 1109 - Liability for breach of fiduciary duty

    29 U.S.C. § 1109   Cited 2,547 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Breaching fiduciary "shall be subject to such other equitable or remedial relief as the court may deem appropriate"
  16. Section 1185a - Parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits

    29 U.S.C. § 1185a   Cited 199 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Requiring the performance of comparative analyses like that which Plaintiff requested from JHA
  17. Section 300gg-5 - Non-discrimination in health care

    42 U.S.C. § 300gg-5   Cited 38 times

    (a) Providers A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not discriminate with respect to participation under the plan or coverage against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification under applicable State law. This section shall not require that a group health plan or health insurance issuer contract with any health care provider willing to abide by the terms and conditions

  18. Section 1185d - Additional market reforms

    29 U.S.C. § 1185d   Cited 21 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Incorporating provisions of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the ACA
  19. Section 2590.712 - [Effective until 11/22/2024] Parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits

    29 C.F.R. § 2590.712   Cited 135 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Upholding 24-hour nursing requirement for mental health treatment where analogous medical treatments did not explicitly require 24-hour nursing, but required compliance with statutes that required 24-hour nursing