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Schlichter suit against Northwestern goes to Supreme Court

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The defendants succeeded in getting the case dismissed in 2018 at the district court level, a decision that was upheld by an appellate court in March 2020.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear arguments in a lawsuit involving Northwestern University’s 403(b) plan, giving the law firm Schlichter Bogard & Denton one more chance to keep the case alive.

The school was one of many sued by Schlichter on behalf of proposed classes of plaintiffs

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