Lewis v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Petition for certiorari denied on October 4, 2021

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
21-2	D.C. Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2021

Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit improperly extended Chevron deference to Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation"s construction of ambiguous statutory provisions in informal, non-binding adjudications undertaken not in the agency"s congressionally assigned role as insurer (or in any other regulatory capacity) but instead as a plan trustee and fiduciary.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/30/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2021)
08/02/2021	Brief of respondent Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in opposition filed.
08/16/2021	Reply of petitioners K. Wendell Lewis, et al. filed.
08/18/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
10/04/2021	Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.