Supreme Court of Texas

ERISA does not preclude a pension plan beneficiary from waiving an interest in the plan, and a former wife's waiver of her interest in ERISA plans was specific, knowing, and voluntary, and thus enforceable under federal common law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2002
• Decided 06/19/2003
• Published 06/19/2003

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice SCHNEIDER and Justice SMITH joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maurice Bresenhan, Jr.,Cynthia Keen Perlman, Pascal Paul Piazza, Zukowski & Bresenhan, Houston, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven W. Sloan, Russell George Gully, Thompson & Knight LLP, Steven J. Pawlowski, for respondents.