Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Bergman v. Department of Commerce
Bergman v. Dep’t of Commerce, 498 U.S. 820 (1990)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-10-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- allowing the waiver of the Surviving Spouse Benefit as required in a divorce decree entered prior to the participant’s retirement
- discussing rights of divorced spouse under deceased husband’s ERISA-qualified pension plan
- federal common law rules properly developed from state law “consistent with the policies underlying the federal statute at issue”
- "When ERISA is silent on an issue, a federal court must fashion federal common law rules to govern ERISA suits."
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 76 opinions
C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.