Legal Opinion
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margery H. BROWN, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1984No. 83-4070PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
The Montana Human Rights Commission (MHRC) found portions of Champion’s pension plan to be in violation of Montana’s age discrimination laws. Champion filed for relief, first with the federal district court and later with the Montana state court. They claimed that the applicable provision of the Montana age discrimination law had been preempted under section 514(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a) (ERISA) and lacked original jurisdiction. Invoking Younger abstention, the federal district court dismissed. Champion…
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