Legal Opinion · Dissent
Summers v. Touchpoint Health Plan, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 2008No. 2005AP2643Published
1DissentPatience Drake Roggensack, J.
¶ 56. (dissenting). Decisions of the United States Supreme Court on questions of federal law bind this court. State v. Ward, 2000 WI 3, ¶ 39, 231 Wis. 2d 723, 604 N.W.2d 517 (concluding that the decisions of the United States Supreme Court are controlling precedent on questions of federal law). However, the majority opinion contravenes Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989) and Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 (2001), binding precedent of the United States Supreme Court, in its interpretation and application of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)1 to the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. CoyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. BreinerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- John Halpin v. W.W. Grainger, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Jack D. Denton v. First National Bank of Waco, TexasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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