Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.

Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A., 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that participants in a defined-benefit retirement plan who are guaranteed a fixed payment each month regardless of the plan’s value or its fiduciaries' investment decisions lack Article III standing to bring a lawsuit against the fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 2020
Full case name	Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.
Docket no.	17-1712
Citations	590 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
Participants in a defined-benefit retirement plan who are guaranteed a fixed payment each month regardless of the plan’s value or its fiduciaries' investment decisions lack Article III standing to bring a lawsuit against the fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
Majority	Kavanaugh
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
Laws applied
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

External links

• Text of Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A., No. 17-1712, 590 U.S. ___ (2020) is available from: Justia