CONKRIGHT v. FROMMERT

No. 08-810.

130 S.Ct. 1640 (2010)

559 U.S. 506

Sally L. CONKRIGHT, et al., Petitioners, v. Paul J. FROMMERT et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Long, Jr., Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Peter K. Stris, Costa Mesa, CA, for Respondents.

Matthew D. Roberts, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondents.

Ivy Thomas McKinney, Michael D. Ryan, Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT, Margaret A. Clemens, Littler Mendelson, Rochester, NY, Robert A. Long, Jr., Robert D. Wick, Richard C. Shea, Robert S. Newman, Jonathan L. Marcus, Christian J. Pistilli, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Shaun P. Martin, University of San Diego, School of Law, San Diego, CA, Peter K. Stris, Costa Mesa, CA, John A. Strain, Law Offices of John A. Strain, Manhattan Beach, CA, Brendan S. Maher, Stris & Maher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Respondents.

Michael D. Ryan, Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT, Margaret A. Clemens, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, NY, Robert A. Long, Jr., Robert D. Wick, Richard C. Shea, Robert S. Newman, Jonathan L. Marcus, Christian J. Pistilli, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.


CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

People make mistakes. Even administrators of ERISA plans. That should come as no surprise, given that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is "an enormously complex and detailed statute," Mertens v. Hewitt Associates, 508 U.S. 248, 262, 113 S.Ct. 2063, 124 L.Ed.2d 161 (1993), and the plans that administrators must construe can be lengthy and complicated...

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