Conkright v. Frommert
| Conkright v. Frommert | |
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| Decided April 21, 2010 | |
| Full case name | Conkright v. Frommert |
| Citations | 559 U.S. 506 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The administrator of an ERISA plan is entitled to deference in matters of interpretation, even when the administrator had previously adopted a different interpretation that a court found erroneous. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts |
| Dissent | Breyer, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg |
| Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Conkright v. Frommert, 559 U.S. 506 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the administrator of an ERISA plan is entitled to deference in matters of interpretation, even when the administrator had previously adopted a different interpretation that a court found erroneous.