Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit March 27, 1987, Nos. 84-5627, 84-5628, 84-5770, 84-5771, 84-5946 and 84-5947 (Crawford v. La Boucherie Bernard Ltd.)

Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge GREENE.

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge:

This case presents primarily the question whether, notwithstanding the so-called anti-alienation provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Act authorizes a court to offset a party's interest in a plan covered by that statute against a judgment based on the party's breaches