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HEIMESHOFF v. HARTFORD LIFE & ACC. INS. CO.

No. 12-729.

134 S.Ct. 604 (2013)

187 L.Ed.2d 529

Julie HEIMESHOFF, Petitioner v. HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W.H. Wessler , for Petitioner.

Ginger D. Anders , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Catherine M.A. Carroll , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Steven P. Krafchick , Carla Tachau Lawrence , Krafchick Law Firm, Seattle, WA, Peter K. Stris , Brendan S. Maher , Victor O'Connell , Stris & Maher LLP, Gardena, CA, Matthew W.H. Wessler , Leah M. Nicholls , Public Justice, P.C., Washington, DC, Leslie A. Brueckner , Arthur H. Bryant , Sarah E. Belton , Public Justice, P.C., Oakland, CA, for Petitioner.

Seth P. Waxman , Catherine M.A. Carroll , Counsel of Record, Weili J. Shaw , Ari Holtzblatt , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

A participant in an employee benefit plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., may bring a civil action under § 502(a)(1)(B) to recover benefits due under the terms of the plan. 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B). Courts have generally required participants to exhaust the plan's administrative remedies before filing...

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