Legal Opinion
Funkhouser v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2002No. Nos. 00-35397, 00-35410PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether a federal court may rule on ERISA preemption of a state law claim when it ultimately declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction.
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In December 1998, Wells Fargo Bank merged with Northwest Bank to form a new entity that adopted the Wells Fargo name. In the wake of the merger, Wells Fargo changed its employee sick-time and vacation policy. Under the pre-merger sick-time policy, employees earned one sick day per month. Unused sick days could be carried over to succeeding years, but employees could take no more than 120 days per year.…
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