Legal Opinion
Grabois v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 15, 1996No. 597, Docket 95-7278PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
This case, which is a disagreement over who is entitled to certain pension benefits, comes to us on a record that provides little or no guidance as to what law forms the basis of the dispute. It is in federal court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. And, major issues in dispute may well have to be resolved under federal law. But deciding which of the two claimants is entitled to benefits also requires at least some recourse to New York law. Because the record leaves unanswered — and unanswerable — questions about the…
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