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Weir v. Schlumberger Technology Corporation

MOTION for Summary Judgment on All Claims and Brief in Support

23 Cited authorities

  1. Firestone Tire Rubber Co. v. Bruch

    489 U.S. 101 (1989)   Cited 8,839 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"

  2. Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila

    542 U.S. 200 (2004)   Cited 2,703 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that states cannot create new causes of action that conflict with ERISA's " ‘interlocking, interrelated, and interdependent remedial scheme,’ " located in § 502 of ERISA

  3. Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux

    481 U.S. 41 (1987)   Cited 3,704 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 3,511 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal common law of ERISA preempts state law in the interpretation of ERISA benefit plans

  5. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts

    471 U.S. 724 (1985)   Cited 1,515 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the National Labor Relations Act does not permit “unions and employers to bargain for terms of employment that state law forbids employers to establish unilaterally”

  6. Egelhoff v. Egelhoff

    532 U.S. 141 (2001)   Cited 828 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ERISA preempted application of Washington statute in state probate proceedings

  7. Kennedy v. Plan Adm'r for Dupont Sav. & Inv. Plan

    555 U.S. 285 (2009)   Cited 354 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding a nearly identical provision of a divorce decree was an attempted waiver, not an assignment, and therefore should not be analyzed for validity under the requirements for a QDRO

  8. Sandoval v. Aetna Life and Cas. Ins. Co.

    967 F.2d 377 (10th Cir. 1992)   Cited 406 times
    Holding that this Court has plenary review regarding a district court's legal conclusions

  9. Chiles v. Ceridian Corp.

    95 F.3d 1505 (10th Cir. 1996)   Cited 178 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding the term “ ‘if necessary’ ” was “not conditioned on any event or circumstance” and thus “its meaning cannot fairly imply ... that the plans can only be amended if necessary to their fiscal survival”

  10. Jones v. Kodak Medical Assistance Plan

    169 F.3d 1287 (10th Cir. 1999)   Cited 164 times
    Noting that we are required to "decreas[e] the level of deference in proportion to the severity of the conflict"

  11. Section 1132 - Civil enforcement

    29 U.S.C. § 1132   Cited 26,279 times   170 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable "[a]ny administrator" who fails to provide documents in a timely manner

  12. Section 1002 - Definitions

    29 U.S.C. § 1002   Cited 11,041 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

  13. Section 1144 - Other laws

    29 U.S.C. § 1144   Cited 6,974 times   52 Legal Analyses
    Saving clause

  14. Section 1104 - Fiduciary duties

    29 U.S.C. § 1104   Cited 4,826 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Specifying duties of a "fiduciary . . . with respect to a plan"

  15. Section 1102 - Establishment of plan

    29 U.S.C. § 1102   Cited 1,620 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Granting administrator, as “named fiduciary,” the “authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the plan”

  16. Section 1003 - Coverage

    29 U.S.C. § 1003   Cited 1,614 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Defining employee benefit plan governed by ERISA