Legal Opinion
Derek J. Smith v. Dunham-Bush, Inc., and the Robins Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 7, 1992No. 619, Docket 90-7616PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEARIE, District Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Derek Smith appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Jose A. Cabranes, Judge, that granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff’s motion to remand to Connecticut state court. The district court ruled that the statutory preemption provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) warranted removal of the case to federal court and that substantive ERISA law required its dismissal.
We affirm.
Background
This case involves an attempt by an employee, appellant…
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