Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. State Ex Rel. Wilson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 10, 1979No. 49079, 49137PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGOSHESKE, Justice.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (department) both appeal from the judgment of the district court in a sex discrimination case arising out of 3M’s exclusion from its income maintenance plan (IMP) of women absent from work due to pregnancy. The issues raised on appeal are:(1) Does the exclusion of pregnancy-related absences from 3M’s IMP constitute sex discrimination prohibited by the Minnesota Human Rights Act?(2) Does the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pre-empt application of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- General Electric Co. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Quaker Oats Co. v. Cedar Rapids Human Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees, Lodge 364 v. State, Department of Human RightsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Cummings v. KoehnenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Kolton v. County of AnokaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. KramarskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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