Legal Opinion
Leckey v. Stefano
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 20, 2001No. 00-3698UnknownCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs brought suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., as amended by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (“REA”), Pub.L. No. 98-397, challenging distributions made by William Knapp (“William”) from a Pension Plan and a Profit Sharing Plan without the consent of his wife, Evelyn Knapp (“Evelyn”). The District Court found that neither plan was governed by ERISA and therefore dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. As both plans were covered by ERISA, we reverse the order of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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