Legal Opinion
LeBlanc v. Cahill
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1998No. Nos. 96-2046, 96-2848PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Senior Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we decide three issues of first impression in our circuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461. The first issue is whether ERISA § 514(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a), which provides that ERISA “shall supersede any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan ...,” preempts a state common law cause…
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