MORTON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Horsley v. State OF Ala., 45 F.3d 1486 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …Hitchcock errors were not harmless under the Chapman standard. See Booker v. Dugger, 922 F. 2d 633, 634 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 900, 112 S.Ct. 277, 116 L.Ed.2d 228 (1991); Jackson v. Dugger, 931 F. 2d 712, 716 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 973, 112 S.Ct. 452, 116 L.Ed.2d 470 (1991); Delap v. Dugger, 890 F. 2d 285, 304-06 (11th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 929, 110 S.Ct. 2628, 110 L.Ed.2d 648 (1990); Jones v. Dugger, 867 F. 2d 1277, 1279-80 (11th Cir.1989); Magill v. Dugger, 824 F. 2d…
• Buckley v. Metro. Life, 115 F.3d 936 (11th Cir. 1997)
  …ded that Firestone deals only with plan interpretations and have applied the deferential arbitrary and capricious standard to all factual findings. See, e.g., Pierre v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., 932 F. 2d 1552 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 973, 112 S.Ct. 453, 116 L.Ed.2d 470 (1991). Other courts have held that Firestone controls and, therefore, that the de novo and arbitrary and capricious standards are to be used, depending on whether the administrator is granted discretion in making b…
• Marecek v. Bellsouth Servs., Inc., 49 F.3d 702 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …t v. Harris Corp., 855 F.Supp. 1240, 1243 (M.D.Fla.1994). The other circuits disagree on the appropriate standard of review of an administrator’s factual decision. Pierre v. Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co., 932 F. 2d 1552 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 973, 112 S.Ct. 453, 116 L.Ed.2d 470 (1991) (White, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (recognizing that “a disagreement has developed in the Courts of Appeals concerning the standard of review to be applied when a benefits decision turns on the f…