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MASSACHUSETTS v. MORASH

No. 88-32.

490 U.S. 107 (1989)

MASSACHUSETTS v. MORASH

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Valvo, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were James M. Shannon, Attorney General, and Marc C. Laredo and Ruth A. Bourquin, Assistant Attorneys General.

Jason Berger argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Marcia E. Greenberg.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to determine whether a company's policy of paying its discharged employees for their unused vacation time constitutes an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of § 3(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or Act), 88 Stat. 833, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1002(1), and whether a criminal action to enforce...

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