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BERNSTEIN v. CAPITALCARE, INC.

No. 94-2448.

70 F.3d 783 (1995)

Philip BERNSTEIN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffrey Bernstein, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITALCARE, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. Whitman-Walker Clinic, Legal Services Department; Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jacqueline Elizabeth Bennett, Hudgins, Carter & Coleman, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Charles Joseph Steele, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard D. Carter, Hudgins, Carter & Coleman, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Mary Atchley Jester, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Elizabeth A. Seaton, Dinah G. Wiley, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C.; Catherine Hanssens, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for Amici Curiae.

Before MICHAEL and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge CHAPMAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge MOTZ joined.

OPINION

CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a declaratory judgment action under section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), to determine entitlement to health benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan. Plaintiff-Appellant, Philip Bernstein ("Philip...

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