Legal Opinion
Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Sears Employees v. Rudolph G. Gago, and Elizabeth J. Kassa
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1983No. 82-1880PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Rudolph Gago appeals from the district court’s refusal to enjoin a Wisconsin state court order directing Gago’s Retirement Fund to pay his former spouse a portion of Gago’s retirement monies. 1 The district court held that the state court order was not preempted by or in conflict with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). We affirm.
I. Factual Background
A judgment was entered by the Wisconsin Family Court on April 9, 1979, dissolving the marriage of appellant Rudolph Gago and Elizabeth Kassa. As part of the property settlement, and…
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