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Leimkuehler v. American United Life Insurance Company

RESPONSE in Opposition re MOTION for Summary Judgment

42 Cited authorities

  1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

    564 U.S. 338 (2011)   Cited 6,668 times   505 Legal Analyses
    Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

  2. Firestone Tire Rubber Co. v. Bruch

    489 U.S. 101 (1989)   Cited 8,847 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a denial of ERISA benefits "is to be reviewed under a de novo standard unless the benefit plan gives the administrator or fiduciary discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits or to construe the terms of the plan"

  3. Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux

    481 U.S. 41 (1987)   Cited 3,710 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that civil enforcement scheme codified at § 502 is not to be supplemented by state law remedies

  4. Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    463 U.S. 85 (1983)   Cited 3,518 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal common law of ERISA preempts state law in the interpretation of ERISA benefit plans

  5. Mertens v. Hewitt Assocs

    508 U.S. 248 (1993)   Cited 1,843 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that relief under section 502 is limited to remedies traditionally available in equity, such as injunctions, mandamus, and restitution

  6. Pegram v. Herdrich

    530 U.S. 211 (2000)   Cited 1,353 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there was "jurisdiction regardless of the correctness of the removal" because the "amended complaint alleged ERISA violations, over which the federal courts have jurisdiction"

  7. Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson

    525 U.S. 432 (1999)   Cited 749 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that certain amendments to pension plans do not trigger fiduciary duties, as long as the plan is actuarily sound

  8. Harris Tr. & Sav. Bank v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc.

    530 U.S. 238 (2000)   Cited 547 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the authorization under 29 U.S.C. § 1132 "extends to a suit against a nonfiduciary 'party in interest' to a transaction barred by [29 U.S.C. § 1106]"

  9. Lockheed Corp. v. Spink

    517 U.S. 882 (1996)   Cited 569 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when plan administrators adopt, modify, or terminate pension benefit plans, they are not acting as fiduciaries

  10. Hecker v. Deere Co.

    556 F.3d 575 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 1,208 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding the use of revenue-sharing for plan expenses did not amount to an ERISA violation

  11. Section 1002 - Definitions

    29 U.S.C. § 1002   Cited 11,064 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ERISA is a federal law that sets standards of protection for individuals in most voluntarily established, private-sector retirement plans

  12. Section 1104 - Fiduciary duties

    29 U.S.C. § 1104   Cited 4,840 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Specifying duties of a "fiduciary . . . with respect to a plan"

  13. Section 1106 - Prohibited transactions

    29 U.S.C. § 1106   Cited 1,219 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting a plan administrator or a plan fiduciary from transferring to or for the benefit of a party in interest any assets of the plan

  14. Section 1101 - Coverage

    29 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 849 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Applying subsections (b) and (b) "[f]or purposes of this part," that is, Part 4, which comprises §§ 1101-1114

  15. Section 1110 - Exculpatory provisions; insurance

    29 U.S.C. § 1110   Cited 186 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Invalidating "any provision in an agreement or instrument which purports to relieve a fiduciary from responsibility or liability for any responsibility, obligation or duty."

  16. Section 2510.3-102 - Definition of "plan assets"-participant contributions

    29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-102   Cited 186 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Defining "assets of the plan" to include amounts "that a participant or beneficiary pays to an employer ... [or] that a participant has withheld from his wages by an employer "

  17. Section 2510.3-21 - [Effective 9/23/2024] Definition of "Fiduciary."

    29 C.F.R. §§ 2510.3-21   Cited 97 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Describing various functions that do or do not create fiduciary status

  18. Section 2510.3-101 - Definition of "plan assets"-plan investments

    29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101   Cited 65 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Providing that the underlying assets of an “operating company” in which a plan invests are not considered plan assets for determining whether a prohibited transaction occurred