Legal Opinion
Anderson v. UnumProvident Corp.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 7, 2002No. CIV.A. 01-D-894-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DE MENT, Senior District Judge.
Before the court is Defendant Unum-Provident Corporation’s Renewed Motion To Dismiss And Strike, filed May 30, 2002, in which Defendant argues that Plaintiffs state law claims are preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1462. 1 (Doc. No. 23.) Plaintiff Donya Leigh Anderson opposes the Motion. The parties have submitted numerous and ample briefs over the course of several months on the issue of ERISA preemption. (Doc. Nos. 3, 8, 10,15, 18, 23, 28, 37-38.) After careful consideration…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ross Glenn Moorman, Jr. v. UnumProvidentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- Mapp v. American General Assurance Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 2008