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Roland Huff v. BP Corporation North America, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 23-5022 · judgment December 20, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Respectfully, Petitioner comes before this Supreme Court to present a question under ERISA that lower Courts have answered to the detriment of employees and retirees across the United States. The Question Presented Is: Do employees and retirees have the right under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to obtain information and documentation from their employer, and/or the life insurance company the employer does business with, explaining why the insurance rates of their group life insurance policy contracts were raised so that they may determine whether the rates increases were honest, fair, and justified per the terms of their life insurance policy contract, their employee benefit plan, and insurance industry standards?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Allen Martin
Jeff Martin & Associates, P.C.

For respondent
Alison Marie Howard
Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 12 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jun 07 2024
    Reply of petitioner Roland Huff filed.
  4. May 22 2024
    Brief of respondent BP Corporation North America, Inc. in opposition filed.
  5. Apr 22 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2024)