Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Brown v. Retirement Committee of the Briggs & Stratton Retirement Plan
Brown v. Ret. Comm. of the Briggs & Stratton Ret. Plan, 479 U.S. 1094 (1987)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-02-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- ERISA does not violate Fifth Amendment by depriving plaintiff of right to jury trial without due process
- administrator of ERISA plan not bound to definition of disability used in state courts
- “Decision to deny benefits under a plan covered by ERISA will be overturned when (1) arbitrary and capricious, (2) not supported by substantial evidence, or (3) erroneous on a question of law”.
Citator
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.