Frank Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 20, 2004

Frank Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan, 354 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2004)

32 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2312; 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 749

Opinion

354 F.3d 1133

Frank REGULA, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DELTA FAMILY-CARE DISABILITY SURVIVORSHIP PLAN, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 98-55853.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 20, 2004.

Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Esq., Rohlfing Law Firm, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Hunter R. Hughes, Esq., Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Daly D.E. Temchine, Esq., Epstein, Becker and Green, Washington, DC, J. Christopher Collins, Esq., Unumprovident Corporation, Portland, ME, Mark E. Schmidke, Esq., Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, Valparaiso, IN, for Amicus.

Before B. FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Black & Decker v. Nord, 538 U.S. 822, 123 S.Ct. 1965, 155 L.Ed.2d 1034 (2003), we vacate our opinion, 266 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 2001), and reinstate the judgment of the district court.

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Status: Published