Smith v. Commonspirit Health

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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Merits Stage

Sixth Circuit affirms the district court’s dismissal of ERISA complaint, emphasizing that ERISA does not give the federal courts a broad license to second-guess the investment decisions of retirement plans

June 21, 2022

Click here to view the opinion.

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief supporting affirmance of the district court’s dismissal of an ERISA complaint based on a careful, context-specific scrutiny of the allegations

February 18, 2022

Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief. Jaime A. Santos, James O. Fleckner, Alison V. Douglass, and Edwina Clarke of Goodwin Procter LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.

Case Documents

Opinion -- Smith v. Commonspirit Health (E.D. Ky.).pdf

U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Smith v. Commonspirit Health (Sixth Circuit).pdf

Opinion -- Smith v. Commonspirit Health (Sixth Circuit).pdf