Legal Opinion
Raymond B. Yates, MD, PC Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 2004No. 02-458PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case presents a question on which federal courts have divided: Does the working owner of a business (here, the sole shareholder and president of a professional corporation) qualify as a “participant” in a pension plan covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or Act), 88 Stat. 832, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq. The answer, we hold, is yes: If the plan covers one or more employees other than the business owner and his or her spouse, the working owner may participate on equal terms with other plan participants. Such a working owner, in common with other…
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