Legal Opinion
Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 5, 2001No. 00-3230PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAITAN, District Judge.
This case presents the issue of whether portions of the Minnesota Sprinkler Fitter statute and rules which require contractors to adopt approved apprenticeship programs is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”). The district court held that the statute and rules were preempted and issued a permanent injunction preventing enforcement of the apprenticeship regulations. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. *809§ 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1992, the Minnesota legislature…
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