Legal Opinion
Attorney General v. Travelers Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 25, 1984PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
General Laws c. 175, § 47B, specifies mandatory minimum mental health care coverage under certain insurance policies.2 The defendants declined to include such *731coverage in policies issued to welfare benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (1976 & Supp. V 1981). The Attorney General brought this action to compel the defendants to comply with § 47B. The defendants argued that § 47B is preempted by ERISA. A judge of the Superior Court ordered the defendants to comply with § 47B, and we affirmed. 385 Mass. 598 (1982). The defendants…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Arthur D. Little, Inc. v. Commissioner of Health & HospitalsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Blue Cross Hospital Service, Inc. of Missouri v. FrappierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
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