Legal Opinion
Mead Corp. v. Tilley
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 1989No. 87-1868PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Today we decide whether, upon termination of a defined benefit plan, § 4044(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 1025, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1344(a) (1982 ed. and Supp. V), requires a plan administrator to pay plan participants unreduced early retirement benefits provided under the plan before residual assets may revert to an employer.
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Congress enacted ERISA in 1974 in part to prevent plan terminations from depriving employees and their beneficiaries of anticipated benefits. 29 U. S. C. § 1001(a). Titles I and II provide requirements for plan…
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