United States Fifth Circuit

ERISA section 502(a)(3)(B)'s "appropriate equitable relief" language proscribes precisely the type of monetary relief that plaintiff requests; ERISA plan fiduciaries do not have a federal common law right to sue a beneficiary for legal relief on a theory of unjust enrichment or restitution. The claim is dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2004
• Published 04/15/2004

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald Joseph Savoie (argued), Losavio, Savoie & DeJean, Baton Rouge, LA, for Ogden.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Jay Range,Peter J. Loughlin (argued), Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, George Robert Collier, Jr., The Boles Law Firm, Monroe, LA, for Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee.