Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
- Decided
- April 6, 1987
- Docket
- 85-1043
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 3,459 timesSuperseded by statute (verified)Possible negative treatment: superseded by statute, abrogated in part on other grounds, overruled in part on other grounds (1 of 15 verified; none is a verified overruling) · Scarber v. United Airlines, Inc.
What later courts said
- holding that civil enforcement scheme codified at § 502(a) is not to be supplemented by state-law remedies — Varity Corp. v. Howe (1996)
- holding that certain contract and tort laws, though otherwise generally applicable, may not be invoked against an employee benefit plan — MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. (1988)
- holding that ERISA preempts state common law and contract actions even when state action authorizes remedy unavailable under federal provision — Christine Holt Spinelli v. Michael Gaughan (1993)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*43] Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case presents the question whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq., pre-empts state common law tort and contract actions asserting improper processing of a claim for benefits under an insured employee benefit plan.
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Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41 (1987)Read the full opinion
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