Legal Opinion
Carpenters Local Union No. 26 v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-1786PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this matter, the district court, understandably deeming itself bound by our holding in Williams v. Ashland Eng’g Co., 45 F.3d 588 (1st Cir.1995), ruled that the plaintiffs’ action — brought to enforce claims under a labor and materials bond for wages and fringe benefit contributions allegedly due in respect to construction of a public works project in Peabody, Massachusetts — was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and in particular, 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). Accordingly, the court terminated the action by…
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