Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma

Decided February 26, 2020. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-1116 · 589 U.S. 178 (2020) · Cited 145 times

Holding

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 requirement that plaintiffs with “actual knowledge” of an alleged fiduciary breach must file suit within three years of gaining that knowledge, 29 U. S. C. §1113(2), a plaintiff does not necessarily have “actual knowledge” of the information contained in disclosures that he receives but does not read or cannot recall reading.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Merck & Co. v. Reynolds · 559 U.S. 633 (2010)
• Scott v. Harris · 550 U.S. 372 (2007)
• Farmer v. Brennan · 511 U.S. 825 (1994)
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch · 489 U.S. 101 (1989)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. · 560 U.S. 242 (2010)
• Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A. · 563 U.S. 754 (2011)
• Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 542 U.S. 241 (2004)
• California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc. · 582 U.S. 497 (2017)
• Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States · 579 U.S. 162 (2016)
• Azar v. Allina Health Services · 587 U.S. 566 (2019)
• Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 577 U.S. 312 (2016)

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