Legal Opinion
Fleck v. Spannaus
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided September 22, 1977No. 3-75 Civ. 178PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs brought this action to contest the enforceability and constitutionality of the Minnesota Private Pension Benefits Protection Act, Minn.Stat. § 181B.01 et seq. (1974) (hereinafter the Pension Act). The relevant facts are set forth in Fleck v. Spannaus, 412 F.Supp. 366 (D.Minn.1976). In that decision, Judge Alsop held that the Pension Act was not preempted by the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (hereinafter ERISA) until January 1, 1975, and that a three-judge court was necessary to decide the various…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Malone v. White Motor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Maryland State Teachers Ass'n v. HughesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1984
- Feinstein v. LewisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- White Motor Corporation and White Farm Equipment Company v. E. I. Malone, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for the State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United Steelworkers of America v. Harris & Sons Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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