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KENNEDY v. PLAN ADM'R FOR DUPONT SAV. AND INV. PLAN

No. 07-636.

129 S.Ct. 865 (2009)

555 U.S. 285

172 L.Ed.2d 662

Kari E. KENNEDY, executrix of the Estate of Kennedy, Deceased, Petitioner, v. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR FOR DuPONT SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Furlow, for petitioners.

Leondra R. Kruger, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court.

Mark I. Levy, for respondents.

Stacy L. Kelly, Houston, Texas, David A. Furlow, Kevin Pennell, Morgan Gaskin, Thompson & Knight LLP, Houston, Texas, for Petitioner Kari Ellen Kennedy.

John M. Vine, Seth J. Safra, Theodore P. Metzler, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Raymond Michael Ripple, Lori K. Knauer, Donna L. Goodman, Wilmington, DE, Mark I. Levy, Adam H. Charnes, C. Allen Garrett, Jr., Sean M. Green, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., generally obligates administrators to manage ERISA plans "in accordance with the documents and instruments governing" them. § 1104(a)(1)(D). At a more specific level, the Act requires...

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