Legal Opinion
Fischel v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 3, 2002No. Nos. 00-16024, 00-16277PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, who are independent insurance agents for Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (“Equitable”), initially brought this class action in California Superior Court challenging Equitable’s modification to the agents’ commission payment system and to certain agents’ health benefits plan. Equitable removed the case to federal court on the grounds that the health benefits claim was completely preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and that there was diversity jurisdiction. The district court…
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