Legal Opinion
Columbus, Cuneo, Cabrini Medical Center v. Holiday Inn
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 1, 1986No. 85 C 10337PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum
LEIGHTON, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, the assignee of hospital insurance benefits under defendants’ health and welfare plan, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking remedies under state law for defendants’ allegedly wrongful denial of benefits. Defendants removed the suit to this court, relying on Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Russell, 473 U.S. 134, 105 S.Ct. 3085, 87 L.Ed.2d 96 (1985) for the proposition that the dispute was governed by federal law; specifically, § 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132 and §…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Steve Rodgers v. Lincoln Towing Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- In re TCI Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Knorr Brake Corp. v. Harbil, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Kirby v. Allegheny Beverage Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Motsinger v. FlyntDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1988
- Carolyn R. Hurd v. Ralphs Grocery Company, and United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 324Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Griffen v. City of Oklahoma CityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Schmitz v. Campbell-Mithun, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
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