Case Status

3 results

RAYMOND B. YATES, M.D., ETC. v. HENTON, WILLIAM T. (34783)

    Order dated: 12/02/02
    Docket number: 02-458
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file briefs in these cases expressing the views of the United States.

RAYMOND B. YATES, M.D., ETC. v. HENTON, WILLIAM T. (34783)

    Order dated: 06/27/03
    Docket number: 02-458
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

RAYMOND B. YATES, M.D., ETC. v. HENTON, WILLIAM T. (34783)

    Order dated: 10/20/03
    Docket number: 02-458
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the working owner of a business (here, the sole shareholder of a corporate employer) is precluded from being a "participant" under Section 3(7) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1002(7), in an ERISA plan?

An opinion has been handed down: