Docket nos. 14–181 Opinion announcement Opinion announcement End date March 1, 2016 | Citations 577 U.S. ___ (more) Location United States of America | |
Full case name Alfred Gobeille, in his Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board, Petitioner v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Prior history On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Majority Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Kagan Similar Betterman v Montana, Bank Markazi v Peterson, Heffernan v City of Paterson, Spokeo - Inc v Robins, Zubik v Burwell | ||
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Vermont state law requiring the disclosure of certain information relating to health care services was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to the extent that the state law applied to ERISA plans. Writing for a majority of the Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy held that the Vermont law "impose[d] duties that are inconsistent with the central design of ERISA, which is to provide a single uniform national scheme for the administration of ERISA plans without interference from laws of the several States".
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