Legal Opinion
Associated Builders & Contractors, Saginaw Valley Area Chapter v. Perry
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1997No. Nos. 95-2224, 95-2226, 96-1189, 96-1190, 96-1236 and 96-1466PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge.
The basic issue in the instant ease is whether the district court erred in holding that Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Act (“PWA”), Michigan’s Compiled Laws Annotated §§ 408.551 et seq., has been preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) pursuant to section 514(a) of the federal act. 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). Before attempting to resolve the uncertainty created by the ambiguous language of section 514(a), we must decide whether the issue is justiciable in this Court. The first section of this opinion therefore will deal with this…
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