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· 6/16/1980

General Motors Corporation v. David J. Buha and James B. Stone, County District Judge

Citations

  • 623 F.2d 455
  • 2 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2375
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 16620

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that a plan fiduciary could enjoin a state court writ of garnishment by bringing a federal claim directly against the party seeking to enforce the garnishment
  • holding that ERISA precludes garnishments generally
  • holding that ERISA precludes garnishments generally
  • finding it central to ERISA’s statutory scheme that it “not be subject to state and local laws which might frustrate its goals” of providing “a uniform and systematic framework for regulation of employee benefit plans”
  • Anti-Injunction Act does not prohibit ERISA fiduciary from obtaining injunction against state garnishment proceedings
  • Anti-Injunction Act does not prohibit ERISA fiduciary from obtaining injunction against state garnishment proceedings

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Judges: Weick, Lively, Engel

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