MONTANILE v. BD. OF NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN (2016)

MONTANILE v. BD. OF NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN
	Term: 2015
Important Dates
	Argued: November 9, 2015
	Decided: January 20, 2016
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MONTANILE v. BD. OF NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 2016. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 2015.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Employee Retirement Income Security Act (cf. union trust funds)
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employer-employee trust agreement, employee health and welfare fund, or multi-employer pension plan
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 577 U.S. 136
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.