Legal Opinion
Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Ward
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 20, 1999No. 97-1868PublishedCited by 273 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case, brought under § 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 891, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 1132(a), concerns ERISA’s preemption and saving clauses. The preemption clause, § 514(a), 29 U. S. C. § 1144(a), broadly states that ERISA provisions “shall supersede... State laws” to the extent that those laws “relate to any employee benefit plan.” The saving clause, § 514(b)(2)(A), 29 U. S. C. § 1144(b)(2)(A), phrased with similar breadth, exempts from preemption “any law of any State which regulates insurance.” The key words “regulates insurance” in §…
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