Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Bodimetric Health Services, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty
498 U.S. 1012
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-12-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “[w]hile our holding will leave [plaintiff] without a remedy, the availability of a federal remedy is not a prerequisite for federal preemption”
- “[wjhile our holding will leave [plaintiff] without a remedy, the availability of a federal remedy is not a prerequisite for federal pre emption”
- suit challenged 1985 Part B claim review procedure and resulting denial of Medicare claims for services provided in that year
- ERISA pre-empted claim even though plaintiff lacked standing to sue under the Act
- ERISA does not recognize the validity of an oral modification of a pension plan
- discussing jurisdiction sufficient to make removal proper
- Seventh Circuit declines to follow Green-blatt
Citator
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.