Legal Opinion
Williams v. International Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 27, 2000No. 98-6514PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClay, J., joined by Keith, J.,
ALAN E. NORRIS, J. (p. 716), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
AMENDED OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Robert E. Williams, filed an action against Defendant, International Paper Company (“IP”), for allegedly violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B) by denying Williams disability retirement benefits. The district court granted summary judgment for IP and Williams appealed. For the following reasons, we REVERSE the district court’s finding that the Plan Administrator did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Williams’…
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