Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Employee Retirement Income Security Act,” part of the Economic Activity area.

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• M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the Iam National Pension Fund
  146 S. Ct. 1224Decided May 21, 20269–0Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Cunningham v. Cornell University
  145 S. Ct. 1020Decided April 17, 20259–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Hughes v. Northwestern University
  142 S. Ct. 737Decided January 24, 20228–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Thole v. U.S. Bank, N.A.
  140 S. Ct. 1615Decided June 1, 20205–4Brett M. Kavanaugh
• Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma
  140 S. Ct. 768Decided February 26, 20209–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander
  140 S. Ct. 592Decided January 14, 20209–0Per curiam
• Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
  137 S. Ct. 1652Decided June 5, 20178–0Elena Kagan
• Amgen Inc. v. Steve Harris
  577 U.S. 308Decided January 25, 20169–0Per curiam
• Montanile v. Bd. of National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
  577 U.S. 136Decided January 20, 20168–1Clarence Thomas
• Tibble v. Edison International
  575 U.S. 523Decided May 18, 20159–0Stephen G. Breyer
• M&g Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett
  574 U.S. 427Decided January 26, 20159–0Clarence Thomas
• Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer
  573 U.S. 409Decided June 25, 20149–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
  571 U.S. 99Decided December 16, 20139–0Clarence Thomas
• Us Airways, Inc. v. James E. McCutchen
  569 U.S. 88Decided April 16, 20135–4Elena Kagan
• Cigna Corporation v. Janice C. Amara
  563 U.S. 421Decided May 16, 20118–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Sally L. Conkright v. Paul J. Frommert
  559 U.S. 506Decided April 21, 20105–3John G. Roberts Jr.
• Kari E. Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings and Investment Plan
  555 U.S. 285Decided January 26, 20099–0David H. Souter
• Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn
  554 U.S. 105Decided June 19, 20086–3Stephen G. Breyer
• Jeffrey H. Beck v. Pace International Union
  551 U.S. 96Decided June 11, 20079–0Antonin Scalia
• Joel Sereboff v. Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.
  547 U.S. 356Decided May 15, 20069–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Thomas E. Heinz
  541 U.S. 739Decided June 7, 20049–0David H. Souter
• Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. William T. Hendon
  541 U.S. 1Decided March 2, 20049–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• The Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Kenneth L. Nord
  538 U.S. 822Decided May 27, 20039–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company v. Janette Knudson and Eric Knudson
  534 U.S. 204Decided January 8, 20025–4Antonin Scalia
• Lori Pegram v. Cynthia Herdrich
  530 U.S. 211Decided June 12, 20009–0David H. Souter
• Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Etc. v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
  530 U.S. 238Decided June 12, 20009–0Clarence Thomas
• Unum Life Insurance Company of America v. John E. Ward
  526 U.S. 358Decided April 20, 19999–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Hughes Aircraft Company v. Stanley I. Jacobson
  525 U.S. 432Decided January 25, 19999–0Clarence Thomas
• Bonnie L. Geissal v. Moore Medical Corporation
  524 U.S. 74Decided June 8, 19989–0David H. Souter
• Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corporation of California, Inc.
  522 U.S. 192Decided December 15, 19979–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Inter-Modal Rail Employees Association v. Atchison
  520 U.S. 510Decided May 12, 19979–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Lockheed Corporation v. Paul L. Spink
  517 U.S. 882Decided June 10, 19969–0Clarence Thomas
• Varity Corporation v. Charles Howe
  516 U.S. 489Decided March 19, 19966–3Stephen G. Breyer
• D. Grant Peacock v. Jack L. Thomas
  516 U.S. 349Decided February 21, 19968–1Clarence Thomas
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation v. Frank C. Schoonejongen
  514 U.S. 73Decided March 6, 19959–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company and Stroh Brewery Company
  513 U.S. 414Decided February 21, 19959–0Stephen G. Breyer
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Harris Trust and Savings Bank
  510 U.S. 86Decided December 13, 19936–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Concrete Pipe and Products of California, Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California
  508 U.S. 602Decided June 14, 19939–0David H. Souter
• William J. Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
  508 U.S. 248Decided June 1, 19935–4Antonin Scalia
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Robert T. Darden
  503 U.S. 318Decided March 24, 19929–0David H. Souter
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corporation
  496 U.S. 633Decided June 18, 19908–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Mead Corp. v. Tilley
  490 U.S. 714Decided June 5, 19898–1Thurgood Marshall
• Massachusetts v. Morash
  490 U.S. 107Decided April 18, 19899–0John Paul Stevens
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch
  489 U.S. 101Decided February 21, 19899–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co., Inc.
  484 U.S. 539Decided February 23, 19888–0John Paul Stevens
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Russell
  473 U.S. 134Decided June 27, 19859–0John Paul Stevens
• Central States v. Central Transport, Inc.
  472 U.S. 559Decided June 19, 19859–0Thurgood Marshall
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. R. A. Gray & Co.
  467 U.S. 717Decided June 18, 19849–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
  451 U.S. 504Decided May 18, 19818–0Thurgood Marshall
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  446 U.S. 359Decided May 12, 19805–4John Paul Stevens

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error