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

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-1174 · judgment April 20, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 6, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

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.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Wayne Stumpff
Butzel Long

For respondent
Michael Eugene Cavanaugh
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

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