Legal Opinion
Morningstar v. Meijer, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided May 27, 1987No. 1:87-cv-10116PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHURCHILL, District Judge.
The court ordered the parties to show cause why the above-entitled action should not be remanded for want of federal jurisdiction because the plaintiffs complaint states only a state law claim 1 for breach of an employment contract. Defendant removed the action to this court on the theory that since plaintiffs claim of damages included the value of future fringe benefits she would have received had her employment continued, the claim is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. The Michigan Court of Appeals…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Dependahl v. Falstaff Brewing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Richard P. Kuntz v. Nat J. ReeseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- HealthAmerica v. MentonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Teper v. Park West Galleries, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1988
- Cuoco v. Nynex, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
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