Supreme Court of the United States

Robert Montanile, Petitioner v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan.

January 20, 2016136 S. Ct. 651

Summary

The Court held that a plan fiduciary cannot sue under ERISA § 502(a)(3) to attach a participant’s general assets when the participant has dissipated the entire settlement on non‑traceable items, because such a suit is not "appropriate equitable relief." The judgment of the Eleventh Circuit was reversed and the case remanded for fact‑finding on the extent of dissipation.