Cite as: 516 U. S. 489 (1996)
Opinion of the Court
the need for a sensible administrative system—seem unlikely to materialize. Pp. 507-515. 36 F. 3d 746 and 41 F. 3d 1263, affirmed.
Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which O'Connor and Scalia, JJ., joined, post, p. 516.
Floyd Abrams argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Thomas J. Kavaler, Katherine B. Harrison, Jonathan Sherman, and William J. Koehn. H. Richard Smith argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were David Swinton, Michael J. Eason, and Robert J. Schmit.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Richard P. Bress, Thomas S. Williamson, Jr., Allen H. Feldman, Steven J. Mandel, Mark S. Flynn, and Judith D. Heimlich.*
Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. A group of beneficiaries of a firm's employee welfare benefit plan, protected by the Employee Retirement Income Se-*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by Evan Miller, John G. Roberts, Jr., and Stephen A. Bokat; and for the Eastman Kodak Co. et al. by Robert N. Eccles.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Association of Retired Persons by Steven S. Saleznick and Mary Ellen Signorille; and for the National Employment Lawyers Association by Stephen R. Bruce, Jeffrey Lewis, Ronald Dean, and Edgar Pauk.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare and Pension Fund by Thomas C. Nyhan and Terence G. Craig; and for the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys by Kevin P. Roddy, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Bryan L. Clobes, Stephen P. Hoffman, Henry H. Rossbacher, and Steve W. Berman.
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