Vanderkam v. Vanderkam’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.3d 883 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1055 (§ 205 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1056 (§ 206 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 Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Boggs v. Boggs · Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan
Most-quoted passages
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“provide[s] detailed protections to spouses of plan participants which, in some cases, exceed what their rights would be were [state] community property law the, sole measure,” Boggs v. Boggs, 520 U.S. 833, 841, 843 , 117 S.Ct. 1754 , 138 L.Ed.2d 45 (1997). But that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“made annuities payable to surviving spouses so long as the spouse was married to the participant at the time of retirement - regardless of marital status at the time of the participant's death”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“this court's ruling will provide [defendant] with 'an immediate, concrete, and valuable benefit: certainty' regarding whether he will have to face such testing”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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