U.S. High Court Vacates Puerto Rico High Court Ruling In Pension Plan Row

Mealey's (February 25, 2020, 12:54 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court in a Feb. 24 per curiam opinion granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in a case by current and former Catholic school employees alleging improper termination of their pension plan, vacated a ruling for the employees by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and remanded, finding that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue payment and seizure orders after the archdiocese removed the case to federal court (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico v. Yali Acevedo Feliciano, et al., No. 18-921, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 1356)....