Legal Opinion
Joan Sherfel v. Reggie Newson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 30, 2014No. 12-4285PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
ERISA is a statute unique in its preemptive effect. The statute includes an express preemption clause — any state law that “relate[s] to any employee benefit plan” is preempted — which is so broadly worded that the Supreme Court has struggled to draw boundaries around its scope. The statute also preempts state law impliedly, through the doctrine of conflict preemption. That doctrine invalidates state laws to the extent they obstruct the “purposes and objectives” of federal laws; and hence the broader a federal statute’s purpose, the broader its…
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