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US Supreme Court issues 5 decisions

Indiana v. Edwards - whether criminal defendants found competent to stand trial must be permitted to represent themselves. The ruling below, which found for the defendant, is vacated and remanded. Justice Breyer wrote the opinion. Justices Scalia and Thomas dissented. MetLife v. Glenn - whether the fact that a claim administrator of an ERISA plan also funds the plan benefits constitutes a conflict of interest that must be weighed in a judicial review of the administrator's benefit determination. The ruling below, which found for the claimant, is affirmed. The opinion is authored by Justice Breyer. Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC - whether the relevance of age as a potential factor in the distribution of retirement benefits to disabled workers establishes a prima facie case of arbitrary discrimination under the ADEA...continue to full post

Full post as published by Harmful Error on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).