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