(November 27, 2017, 11:17 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 27 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by retirees representing a class of approximately 2,900 individuals and seeking to reverse a decision by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which held that a series of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) did not provide retired employees of an employer and its predecessors with a vested right to lifetime health care benefits (Robert Cole, et al. v. Meritor, Inc., et al., No. 17-413, U.S. Sup.)....