Supreme Court· 3/19/1996

Varity Corp. v. Howe

Citations

516 U.S. 489
116 S. Ct. 1065
134 L. Ed. 2d 130
1996 U.S. LEXIS 1954

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holding that ERISA fiduciaries may have duties to disclose information about plan prospects that they have no duty, or even power, to change
holding that Section 502(a)(3) authorizes an individual lawsuit to remedy a breach of fiduciary duly
holding that plan administrators may not make affirmative material misrepresentations to plan participants regarding changes to employee benefit plans
holding that ERISA's stated objective of providing \ready access to the Federal courts\ disfavors interpretation of statute that would strip beneficiaries of ability to file suit
recognizing that when the employer-corporation serves as a plan fiduciary, not every aspect of its business activities will involve plan management and administration
holding that an important purpose of ERISA is to protect employee pensions and other benefits

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Judges: Breyer, Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Thomas, O'Connor, Scalia

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