Legal Opinion
Plumbing Industry Board, Plumbing Local Union No. 1 v. E.W. Howell Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 15, 1997No. 608, Docket 96-7620PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to determine whether New York Lien Law § 5 is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. The lien statute permits laborers on public works projects, as well as “any trust fund to which benefits and wage supplements are due or payable for the benefit of such [laborers]” to file a lien for the value of the labor performed against the funds earmarked to pay for the public improvement. N.Y. Lien Law § 5 (McKinney 1993).
In June, 1994 plaintiff-appellant Plumbing Industry Board, Plumbing Local…
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