(December 13, 2016, 10:37 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5 denied a petition for writ of certiorari in a case in which a New York federal judge dismissed a class action against Citigroup Inc. brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act on the grounds that it is barred by the law’s three-year statute of limitations (Steven Muehlgay, et al. v. Citigroup Inc., et al., No. 16-251, U.S. Sup.; 2016 U.S. LEXIS 7391)....