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US Supreme Court Preview (pdf format)
This Supreme Court Preview is undertaken as part of the education and advocacy efforts of AARP Foundation and discusses cases that will have significant impact on older people and AARP members, in particular. AARP attorneys initiate and support litigation protecting the rights of people 50+, and are responsible for carrying out AARP’s judicial advocacy activities, including direct litigation and AARP amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs, focusing on employee benefits; age and disability discrimination in employment; health, long-term care; consumer rights; and issues affecting low-income persons. AARP has filed or will file amicus briefs in most of the cases discussed herein.
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Supreme Court Allows Employee Lawsuits Seeking to Protect 401(k) Plans
Closely tracking arguments in AARP’s brief, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employees can bring lawsuits seeking to hold 401k plan officials accountable for ignoring employee investment instructions.
AARP Asks Supreme Court to Protect Utility Customers
The cost of electricity following the western energy crisis of 2000-2001 has resulted in tremendous hardship to consumers, with skyrocketing power bills imposed on millions of people with fixed incomes. AARP’s brief before the Supreme Court objects to federal regulators’ “hands off” approach to the crisis and asks the Court to require them to do their jobs.
AARP Asks Court to Uphold Health Care Reform
AARP’s brief asks a federal appeals court to reverse a California federal trial court’s decision that San Francisco’s duly enacted health care coverage law is superseded by federal law.
AARP Supports Consumer Rights in Massachusetts
AARP’s briefs on behalf of consumers who say they were harmed by deceptive business practices urge Massachusetts’ top court to ensure that consumers can recover damages and companies be held accountable for wrongful acts.
AARP Urges New Mexico Court to Strike Lender’s Arbitration Clause
AARP’s brief asks New Mexico’s highest court to rule, as other courts have done, that contracts imposing one-sided arbitration requirements are fundamentally unfair and unenforceable.