Edmonson v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Petition for certiorari denied on May 19, 2014
Issue: Whether, when an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan permits the use of retained
asset accounts to settle life-insurance claims but leaves
discretion to the insurer to determine the interest rates
and other features of those accounts, the insurer
ceases to act as a fiduciary when it creates the account (as
the Second and Third Circuits have held) or its
subsequent discretionary acts remain subject to
ERISA’s protections (as the First Circuit has held).
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 22 2013 | Application (13A527) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2013 to February 1, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Nov 27 2013 | Application (13A527) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 2, 2014. |
| Dec 16 2013 | Application (13A527) to extend further the time from January 2, 2014 to February 1, 2014, submitted to Justice Alito. |
| Dec 19 2013 | Application (13A527) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 3, 2014. |
| Feb 3 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2014) |
| Feb 14 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 7, 2014. |
| Apr 7 2014 | Brief of respondent Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in opposition filed. |
| Apr 22 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 15, 2014. |
| Apr 28 2014 | Reply of petitioner Connie J. Edmonson filed. (Distributed) |
| May 19 2014 | Petition DENIED. |
