Legal Opinion

Inter-Modal Rail Employees Ass'n v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 12, 1997No. 96-491PublishedCited by 109 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor

Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, makes it unlawful to “discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary [of an employee benefit plan] for the purpose of interfering with the attainment of any right to which such participant may become entitled under the plan.” 29 U. S. C. § 1140. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that § 510 only prohibits interference with the attainment of rights that are capable of “vesting,” as that term is defined in ERISA. We disagree.

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