Legal Opinion
Albradco, Inc. v. Bevona
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 1992No. 373, Docket 92-7616PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Albradco, Inc. and Elias Strum appeal from a judgment entered in the Southern District of New York, Peter K. Leisure, District Judge, 788 F.Supp. 786, dismissing their action for declaratory judgment. The court held that asserting a defense which claims that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts a state court action is insufficient to create subject matter jurisdiction in a declaratory judgment action in which the declaratory judgment plaintiff is not an enumerated plaintiff under ERISA § 502(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a) (1988). The court…
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