Cowser-Griffin v. Griffin
Petition for certiorari denied on January 11, 2016
| Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 14-1531 |
Va. |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
OT 2015 |
Issue: Whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act permits a state court to retroactively reassign plan benefits after the plan participant's death when the participant directed that the benefits would go to his spouse and when the plan documents directed that the benefits would go to the spouse absent the spouse's consent to reassignment.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| May 15 2015 | Application (14A1181) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2015 to June 26, 2015, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| May 15 2015 | Application (14A1181) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 26, 2015. |
| Jun 24 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2015) |
| Jul 24 2015 | Waiver of right of respondent Sandra D. T. Griffin to respond filed. |
| Aug 4 2015 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Kimberley Cowser-Griffin, Executrix of the Estate of David Griffin filed. |
| Aug 5 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Aug 7 2015 | Response Requested . (Due September 8, 2015) |
| Aug 25 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 8, 2015. |
| Sep 22 2015 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 10, 2015. |
| Nov 10 2015 | Brief of respondent Sandra D. T. Griffin in opposition filed. |
| Dec 1 2015 | Reply of petitioner Kimberley Cowser-Griffin, Executrix of the Estate of David Griffin filed. |
| Dec 2 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
