In Re Bowman’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 341 · 26 U.S.C. § 401 (Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962) · 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1003 (§ 4 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · Worrall v. Kroger Co. · Austin v. Memphis Publishing Co. · Memphis Publishing Co. v. Holt · In Re Martin
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section ... this subchapter [ERISA title I] shall apply to any employee benefit plan.... (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to any employee benefit plan if— (1) such plan is a governmental plan (as defined in section 1002(32) of this title)....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Leamon
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