Tess Gee was quoted regarding the Supreme Court's decision that pension plans established and maintained by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations can qualify as church plans that are exempt from ERISA. "This is a significant and hard-fought victory for the hospitals, but the dispute is far from over," Gee said, adding that while the decision marks what is probably just the first battle in determining what the statutory language means, there are remaining issues to resolve regarding individualized questions with respect to the specific hospitals and their plans' internal employee-benefit committees.