ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE v. FELICIANO

No. 18-921.

140 S.Ct. 696 (2020)

ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO v. Yali ACEVEDO FELICIANO, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Attorney for Petitioner, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, et al.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Attorney for Respondent, Yali Acevedo Feliciano, et al.

Kelly J. Shackelford , First Liberty Institute, for Academia del Perpetuo Socorro; Academia San Jose.

Frank Zorrilla , Frank Zorrilla Law Office, for Catholic Employees Pension Trust.

German Jose Brau-Ramirez , Bauza Brau Irizarry Ojeda Silva, for Yali Acevedo Feliciano, et al.

John J. Bursch , Alliance Defending Freedom, for Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General United States Department of Justice, for United States.

Eugene Scalia , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.


In 1979, the Office of the Superintendent of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Juan created a trust to administer a pension plan for employees of Catholic schools, aptly named the Pension Plan for Employees of Catholic Schools Trust (Trust). Among the participating schools were Perpetuo Socorro Academy, San Ignacio de Loyola Academy...

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