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LOCKHEED CORP. v. SPINK

No. 95-809.

517 U.S. 882 (1996)

116 S.Ct. 1783

135 L.Ed.2d 153

LOCKHEED CORP. et al. v. SPINK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Kirscher argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were David E. Gordon, Kenneth E. Johnson, Kenneth S. Geller, and Ralph A. Hurvitz.

Richard P. Bress argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Argrett, Edwin S. Kneedler, Kenneth L. Greene, J. Davitt McAteer, Allen H. Feldman, and Edward D. Sieger.

Theresa M. Traber argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Bert Voorhees.*

Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in which Souter and Breyer, JJ.,joined as to all but Part III-B. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Souter, J., joined, p. 898.

Justice Thomas, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we decide whether the payment of benefits pursuant to an early retirement program conditioned on the participants' release of employment-related claims constitutes a prohibited transaction under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1001 et seq. We also determine whether the 1986 amendments to ERISA and the Age Discrimination...

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