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.