1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. U.S.
  4. 526 U.S.
  5. 526 U.S. 358 (1999)
 

UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. WARD

No. 97-1868.

526 U.S. 358 (1999)

119 S.Ct. 1380

143 L.Ed.2d 462

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA v. WARD

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Kayatta, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were David L. Bacon, Charles M. Dyke, Barbara H. Furey, Brian G. Kanner, Tamarra T. Rennick, Lesley C. Green, and Russell G. Petti.

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, James A. Feldman, Judith E. Kramer, Allen H. Feldman, Nathaniel I. Spiller, and Elizabeth Hopkins.

Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Brian Stuart Koukoutchos, Janice Mazur, Brooks Iler, and Arthur M. Palkowitz.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, brought under § 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 891, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1132(a), concerns ERISA's preemption and saving clauses. The preemption clause, § 514(a), 29 U. S. C. § 1144(a), broadly states that ERISA provisions "shall supersede . . . State laws" to the extent that those laws...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases