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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the appeal of Northwestern University employees who say the university mismanaged their 403(b) pension investments. The lawsuit against Northwestern was one of roughly 20 filed in 2016 charging that wealthy and prestigious universities failed to fulfill their fiduciary duty by charging unreasonable fees and offering too many investment options.
Lower federal courts sided with Northwestern in dismissing the employees' claims, but in their appeal to the Supreme Court, lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that the federal appeals courts had issued divided rulings on key questions in similar lawsuits.
The court agreed to hear the Northwestern plaintiffs' appeal. As is the court's practice, it did not offer any insight into its reasoning.
Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from considering the Northwestern lawsuit.
