HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. v. JACOBSON

No. 97-1287.

525 U.S. 432 (1999)

HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. et al. v. JACOBSON et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Cappuccio argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Kenneth W. Starr, Richard A. Cordray, Christopher Landau, Marcy J. K. Tiffany, T. Warren Jackson, and Robert F. Walker.

Lisa Schiavo Blatt argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Marvin Krislov, James J. Keightley, and Stuart L. Brown.

Seth Kupferberg argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard Dorn and I. Philip Sipser.*

Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Thomas, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Five retired beneficiaries of a defined benefit plan, subject to the terms of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 832, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq., filed a class action lawsuit against their former employer, Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes), and the Hughes Non-Bargaining Retirement Plan (Plan). They claim that Hughes...

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