Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 26, 2009No. 07-636PublishedCited by 225 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq., generally obligates administrators to manage ERISA plans “in accordance with the documents and instruments governing” them. § 1104(a)(1)(D). At a more specific level, the Act requires covered pension benefit plans to “provide that benefits .. . under the plan may not be assigned or alienated,” § 1056(d)(1), but this bar does not apply to qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), § 1056(d)(3). The question here is whether the terms of the limitation on assignment or alienation invalidated…
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