Schwartz v. Bogen, No. 17-3812 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of ex-wife's motion to dismiss an action brought by ex-husband, alleging violations of the anti-alienation provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), that arose from payments he made to her for almost three decades. The court held that a prior state court judgment was entitled to res judicata effect where ex-husband had an opportunity to litigate the question of whether the state court had jurisdiction to address his violations of ERISA claims.
Court Description: Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - ERISA. Plaintiff had an opportunity to litigate the question of the state court's jurisdiction over his ERISA-based arguments and he failed to do so, and the state court judgment was entitled to res judicata effect.
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