Legal Opinion
WSB Electric, Inc. v. Curry
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1996No. Nos. 94-16613, 94-16646PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Appellants WSB Electric and J.R. Roberts are licensed contractors who perform public works contracts in the state of California. They brought suit against the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) and its officers challenging the state’s enforcement of its prevailing wage law for public works contracts, Cal. Labor Code § 1770 et seq. They claim that the state law is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) because California’s prevailing wage rate is measured by reference to the prevailing cash wage plus the…
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