Legal Opinion
Glanton Ex Rel. ALCOA Prescription Drug Plan v. AdvancePCS Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 16, 2006No. 04-15328PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We consider whether prescription drug plan participants who have suffered no judicially cognizable injury may sue their plans’ fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
Facts
AdvancePCS is a pharmacy benefits management company (PBM). PBMs manage prescription drug benefit programs and seek to reduce their clients’ drug costs by pooling claims and negotiating volume discounts with pharmaceutical companies. Among AdvancePCS’s clients are employee welfare benefit plans sponsored by ALCOA and K-Mart.
When AdvancePCS receives a…
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