Legal Opinion
White Motor Corporation and White Farm Equipment Company v. E. I. Malone, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for the State of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1976No. 76-1266PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this case is whether federal labor policy preempts the legislative power of the State of Minnesota to impose upon the White Motor Corporation 1 (White Motor) the obligation to fully fund its employee pension plan upon the closing of its factory and terminating its employees, notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary contained in the collective bargaining contract between White Motor and the employees’ unions. The district court answered this preemption question in the negative 2 and denied White Motor injunctive relief barring enforcement of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Lodge 76, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Wisconsin Employment Relations CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Malone v. White Motor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wadsworth v. WhalandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Braxton Lake Freeman, Lawrence John Graham, Peter Martell, A/K/A Pita, A/K/A PeterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Bell v. Employee Security Benefit Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1977
- DeRoche v. All American Bottling Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1998
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