Legal Opinion
Scott v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1985No. 83-6423PublishedCited by 254 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Former employees of Gulf Oil Corporation brought suit against Gulf on state-law contract and tort claims arising from Gulf’s alleged failure to provide severance pay that was due them, and from Gulf’s alleged improper negotiations with Thrifty Oil Corporation over the terms of their future employment. The basis of jurisdiction in district court was diversity of citizenship. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted, holding that all the claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA),…
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