GULF LIFE INS. CO. v. ARNOLD

No. 86-3258.

809 F.2d 1520 (1987)

GULF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl J. ARNOLD, An Individual Residing in the State of Tennessee, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Alexandra Krueger, Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dudley D. Allen, Wilbur & Allen, Jacksonville, Fla., Arnold A. Stulce, Jr., C.E. Shiles, Hatfield, Van Cleave & Stulce, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents a question of interpretation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C.A. secs. 1001-1461 (ERISA). We are asked whether a fiduciary1 may invoke ERISA's liberal venue provision, 29 U.S.C.A. sec. 1132(e)(2), when the fiduciary files a declaratory judgment action seeking to determine its liability for benefits claimed by a former employee who was a participant in the fiduciary-employer...

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