No. 21-602

Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al. v. Michigan Education Association, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: benefit-vesting civil-rights cnh-industrial-v-reese contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation employee-benefits erisa extrinsic-evidence plan-interpretation retiree-medical-plan vesting
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face may be shown by extrinsic evidence to provide for vesting of post-retirement benefits

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face, within the meaning enunciated in CNH Industrial v Reese, 138 S. Ct. 761 (2018), may be shown by extrinsic evidence to provide for vesting of post-retirement benefits.

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-03
Waiver of right of respondent Michigan Education Association, et al. to respond filed.
2021-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al.
Andrew Wayne StumpffButzel Long, Petitioner
Andrew Wayne StumpffButzel Long, Petitioner
Michigan Education Association, et al.
Michael Eugene CavanaughFraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., Respondent
Michael Eugene CavanaughFraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., Respondent