Legal Opinion
Boggs v. Boggs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 2, 1997No. 96-79PublishedCited by 432 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
delivered the opinion of the Court.†
We consider whether the Émployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 832, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq., pre-empts a state law allowing a non*836participant spouse to transfer by testamentary instrument an interest in undistributed pension plan benefits. Given the pervasive significance of pension plans in the national economy, the congressional mandate for their uniform and comprehensive regulation, and the fundamental importance of community property law in defining the marital partnership in a number of States, the question is…
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