Legal Opinion
Crumley v. Stonhard, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 4, 1996No. Civil Action 95-3426PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. The issues before the Court concern whether Defendants’ employee benefit plan is exempt from the fiduciary duty provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., and whether Plaintiffs state law claims are preempted by ERISA. For the reasons set forth below, the Court finds that Defendants’ employee benefit plan is exempt from ERISA’s fiduciary duty requirements and that ERISA preempts Plaintiffs…
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