Legal Opinion
Sznewajs v. U.S. Bancorp Amended & Restated Supplemental Benefits Plan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 13, 2009No. 07-16489PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns, among other issues, the standard of review to be applied by courts in reviewing a decision by the administrator of a pension plan governed by ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. As is commonly the case, the documents for the plan involved in this case gave the plan administrator discretionary authority to interpret the terms of the plan, which ordinarily means that a decision by the plan administrator is subject to review by a court for abuse of discretion, under Firestone…
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