Legal Opinion
Miller v. Monumental Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 25, 2007No. 05-2247PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
Rodney Miller filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico challenging Monumental Life Insurance’s (Monumental’s) denial of a request for long-term disability benefits. The district court granted summary judgment for Monumental. Because the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, governs the terms of Monumental’s master-group insurance policy, the district court’s jurisdiction arose under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we reverse and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
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