Hughes v. Northwestern University

Hughes v. Northwestern University
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 24, 2022
Full case name	Hughes v. Northwestern University
Docket no.	19-1401
Citations	595 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
The Seventh Circuit erred in relying on the participants' ultimate choice over their investments to excuse allegedly imprudent decisions by respondents. Determining whether petitioners state plausible claims against plan fiduciaries for violations of ERISA's duty of prudence requires a context-specific inquiry of the fiduciaries’ continuing duty to monitor investments and to remove imprudent ones.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinion
Majority	Sotomayor, joined by unanimous
Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Hughes v. Northwestern University, 595 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Seventh Circuit erred in relying on the participants' ultimate choice over their investments to excuse allegedly imprudent decisions by respondents. Determining whether petitioners state plausible claims against plan fiduciaries for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974's duty of prudence requires a context-specific inquiry of the fiduciaries’ continuing duty to monitor investments and to remove imprudent ones.

External links

• Text of Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401, 595 U.S. ___ (2022) is available from: Justia

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