ANDERSON v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

No. 99-5800.

220 F.3d 449 (2000)

Marilyn ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY; The Procter & Gamble Disability Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 12, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin S. Gilbert (briefed), The Gilbert Firm, Jackson, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Janis Wild Kesser (briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Stephen D. Wakefield, Kullman, Inman, Bee, Downing & Banta, Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RYAN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and DUGGAN, District Judge.


OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an ERISA case in which the Appellant, Marilyn Anderson, a beneficiary of the Appellee's Disability Benefit Plan, seeks to recover for the cost of legal assistance during her administrative appeal to the Plan Trustees. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court's order denying Anderson's request for fees.

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Procter & Gamble (P & G) hired Anderson on November 28, 1988, when...

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