ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE NETWORK v. STAPLETON

Nos. 16-74, 16-86, 16-258.

137 S.Ct. 1652 (2017)

581 U.S. 468

ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE NETWORK, et al., Petitioners, v. Maria STAPLETON, et al.; Saint Peter's Healthcare System, et al., Petitioners, v. Laurence Kaplan; and Dignity Health, et al., Petitioners, v. Starla Rollins.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Blatt , Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Malcolm L. Stewart for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioners.

James A. Feldman , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Lisa S. Blatt , Elisabeth S. Theodore , Sally L. Pei , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Amy L. Blaisdell , Daniel J. Schwartz , Heather M. Mehta , Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Petitioners in No. 16-74.

Barry S. Landsberg , Harvey L. Rochman , Joanna S. McCallum , Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David L. Shapiro , Cambridge, MA, for Petitioners in No. 16-258.

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum , James M. Hirschhorn , Katherine M. Lieb , Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., Newark, NJ, for Petitioners in No. 16-86.

Lynn Lincoln Sarko , Matthew Gerend , Laura R. Gerber, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Ron Kilgard , Laurie Ashton , Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Phoenix, AZ, James A. Feldman , Washington, DC, Karen L. Handorf , Michelle C. Yau , Julie G. Reiser , Mary J. Bortscheller , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) exempts "church plan[s]" from its otherwise-comprehensive regulation of employee benefit plans. 88 Stat. 840, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1003(b)(2). Under the statute, certain plans for the...

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