Boggs v. Boggs, 520 U.S. 833, 42 (1997)

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BOGGS v. BOGGS

Breyer, J., dissenting

basic state property and family law, and minimizes the extent to which ERISA would interfere with Dorothy's preexisting property. Cf. Hodel v. Irving, 481 U. S. 704, 717 (1987) (federal statute stripping property owner of right to pass interest by descent or devise constitutes taking under Fifth Amendment); Babbitt v. Youpee, 519 U. S. 234, 244-245 (1997) (statutory restriction on class of permissible heirs constitutes taking).

These general reasons, as well as the specific reasons provided above, convince me that ERISA does not pre-empt the Louisiana law in question. And I would therefore affirm the judgment below.

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