Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2019 Term
Oral Argument Date
December 04, 2019
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
Whether the three-year limitations period in Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. 1113(2), which runs from “the earliest date on which the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach or violation,” bars suit where all of the relevant information was disclosed to the plaintiff by the defendants more than three years before the plaintiff filed the complaint, but the plaintiff chose not to read or could not recall having read the information.
Case Updates
Supreme Court issues unfavorable decision in ERISA case
February 26, 2020
The Supreme Court held unanimously that ERISA’s three-year statute of limitations requires proof of actual, rather than constructive, knowledge by the plaintiff of the alleged breach of fiduciary duty
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court should hold that ERISA plan disclosures give plan participants actual knowledge of the information disclosed for statute-of-limitation purposes
August 28, 2019
Click here to view the amicus brief filed jointly by the U.S. Chamber, National Association of Manufacturers, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, American Benefits Council, ERISA Industry Committee, and American Retirement Association.
Mark A. Perry and Matthew S. Rozen of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP served as co-counsel for the amici.
Case Documents
- Cert. Petition -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Appendix -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- NAM et al. Amicus Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief in Opposition -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief for Petitioners -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Petitioners -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Joint Appendix -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber, et al. Amicus Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief of Respondent -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- United States Amicus Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- AARP Amicus Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Pension Rights Center Amicus Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply Brief -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf