Legal Opinion
Stone v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1980No. 78-2313PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Seafarers International Union, Pacific District-Pacific Maritime Association Pension Plan (the Plan) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Noel Zeona Stone (Noel). Stone v. Stone, 450 F.Supp. 919 (N.D.Cal.1978).' On the merits, the case presents the question whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., preempts California community property laws insofar as they require ERISA-regulated employee benefit plans to pay part of a participant’s benefits directly to his or her divorced spouse.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jack Fristoe v. Reynolds Metals Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Libhart v. Santa Monica Dairy Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Joe P. Farina v. Mission Investment TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Stone v. StoneDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1978
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3Cited by69 opinions
- John M. Dimidowich, Dba Micro Image v. Bell & HowellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Harriet M. Gould, an Unremarried Widow v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Sorosky v. Burroughs Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Harris v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Doris Russell v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Celia StevensonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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