Legal Opinion
Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. Breiner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 2, 2001No. 99-1529PublishedCited by 683 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
A Washington statute provides that the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a nonprobate asset is revoked automatically upon divorce. We are asked to decide whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 832, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq., preempts that statute to the extent it applies to ERISA plans. We hold that it does.
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Petitioner Donna Rae Egelhoff was married to David A. Egelhoff. Mr. Egelhoff was employed by the Boeing Company, which provided him with a life insurance policy and a pension plan. Both plans were governed by ERISA, and Mr. Egelhoff…
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