Legal Opinion
Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. v. MacKey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 2, 1986No. 43435, 43466PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
We granted certiorari in two cases to consider the issue of federal preemption of a state garnishment law by the Employee Retirement Act of 1974 (ERISA). In the unreported case of Mor-wood, Inc. v. Savannah Bank &c. Co., (Case No. 71977, decided April 7, 1986), the Court of Appeals held that an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) was not subject to garnishment under either ERISA, 29 USCA § 1001 et seq., or the Georgia law, OCGA § 18-4-22.1, while in Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency &c. Inc., 178 Ga. App. 467 (343 SE2d 492) (1986), it held that a longshoremen’s employee…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Electrical Workers, Local No. 1 Credit Union v. IBEW-NECA Holiday Trust FundSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Goben v. BarrySupreme Court of Kansas · 1985
- Citizens Bank of Ashburn v. ShinglerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
- MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Patrick v. Floyd Medical CenterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Vann Rowland v. StricklandCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1987
- MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Mackey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987