Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit January 6, 1981, No. 78-1402 (Utility Workers Union v. Consumers Power Co.)

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JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

There is a single question presented by the appeal now before the Court: do the non-forfeitability provisions of the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1053(a), prohibit the reduction of pension benefits by the amount that a pensioner receives in workers’ compensation insurance benefits?