The 9th Circuit will hold oral argument in Anchorage August 4 - 7, 2008. Here’s the Calendar for those four days. The panel members will be disclosed about a week before the first argument.
We reported on June 3rd that a member of the GGU unit of ASEA had challenged the union’s rules on resignation of membership. The parties have now settled the matter, on undisclosed terms.
Introduction
On June 19, 2008, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, holding that a plan administrator’s conflicts resulted in the invalidation of its decision to deny benefits.
The Case
Metropolitan Life Insurance (MetLife) is both the insurer and plan administrator for Sears’ long-term disability plan. MetLife had authority as […]
