Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Vega
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 1999No. 98-2417PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Commonwealth Edison Company and its defined-benefit pension plan brought this suit under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., against the administrator of the Illinois Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, 765 ILCS 1025, seeking a declaration that ERISA preempts the Illinois statute to the extent that the statute regulates such plans. The district court agreed, precipitating this appeal by the state. A threshold question unremarked by the parties or the district judge concerns the state’s Eleventh Amendment immunity to being sued in a federal court without its…
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