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It determines whether plan administrators face personal liability for choosing higher-cost funds. This affects the financial security of millions of workers and the structure of university retirement plans."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 42, lines 37-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 42, lines 37-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 59, lines 23-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 59, lines 23-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 65, lines 15-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 65, lines 15-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 94, lines 15-53","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 94, lines 15-53"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 35-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 35-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 13-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 13-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 11, lines 35-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2021/19-1401_869d.pdf","page_label":"file page 11, lines 35-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 12, lines 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