Legal Opinion
Lafferty v. Solar Turbines International
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 80-5606PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants, plaintiffs below, seek review of an order of the district court denying remand to the state court in this dispute over pension benefits. The district court denied the motion to remand after concluding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1383 (1976 & Supp. II 1978), preempted appellants’ alleged claim under state law, and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Appellee Solar Turbines International (Solar), the defendant below, first enacted a pension plan for its employees in 1966.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Don Ray Smith v. Cmta-Iam Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Alton F. Martin v. Bankers Trust Company, Trustee Diversified Corporate Services, Inc., Administrator, and Tom's Foods, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Ponce v. Construction Laborers Pension TrustCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1984
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- Venning White v. Distributors Association Warehousemen's Pension Trust Industrial Employees and Distributors AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Lafferty v. Solar Turbines InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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