Legal Opinion
Cartledge v. Miller
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 5, 1978No. 78 Civil 1232PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
[1] This case involves the construction of the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) which prohibit the assignment or alienation of employees’ pension benefits and thereby exempt such benefits from attachment or garnishment by creditors. 1 The issue presented is whether there exists an implied exception to these “anti-assignment or alienation” provisions with respect to orders for the support of a wife and dependent children issued by a state court pursuant to statutory authority. Defendants Rockland County (New…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Levy v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- General Motors Corporation v. David J. Buha and James B. Stone, County District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. MerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Authier v. GinsbergCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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