Legal Opinion
Administrative Committee, as Administrator of the Associates' Health and Welfare Plan v. Patricia A. Gauf
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 1999No. 98-3131PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Patricia Gauf was employed by Wal-Mart and was covered under Wal-Mart’s Associates’ Health and Welfare Plan (“the Plan”). The Plan is administered by the Administrative Committee (“the Committee”). In this action, the Committee seeks an order compelling Ms. Gauf to reimburse the Plan for $9,870 in benefits it has paid to her. The district court dismissed the claim; it held that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction, or, in the alternative, that the Colorado River doctrine 1 counseled that it should decline to exercise jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Mertens v. Hewitt AssociatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Larry Romine and Sonia Mitelman v. Compuserve CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. SandersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Caminiti and Iatarola, Limited v. Behnke Warehousing, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Singh v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
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