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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. TAYLOR

No. 85-686.

481 U.S. 58 (1987)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. TAYLOR

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Davis argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With him on the briefs were Eugene L. Hartwig, Daniel G. Galant, Stanley R. Strauss, George J. Pantos, William J. Toppeta, Nancy I. Mayer, James M. Lenaghan, Robert L. Stern, Paul M. Bator, and Stephen M. Shapiro.

Peter E. Scheer argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents in both cases.†

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux, ante, p. 41, the Court held that state common law causes of action asserting improper processing of a claim for benefits under an employee benefit plan regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq., are pre-empted by the Act. 29 U. S. C. §...

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