Conkright v. Frommert

Conkright v. Frommert
Decided April 21, 2010
Full case nameConkright v. Frommert
Citations559 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
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
MajorityRoberts
DissentBreyer, 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.