Question: In Varity v. Howe, case 16.3 in your textbook, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion delivered by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, held that, under the specific factual circumstances, Varity and Massey-Ferguson (a subsidiary of Varity and a farm equipment manufacturer), acted in their capacity as an ERISA fiduciary when they significantly and deliberately misled the plan's beneficiaries, thereby violating their fiduciary obligations imposed by ERISA.