Legal Opinion
John Woodfork v. Marine Cooks & Stewards Union
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1981No. 78-1324PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this federal diversity case we must decide whether federal law, under either the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1381 (1976), or § 301 or § 302 of the TaftHartley Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 185 and 186 *968(1976), preempts a merchant seaman’s state-law claim that he is entitled to pension benefits. The district court determined that ERISA preempted the claim and accordingly dismissed the case. We think the district court misconstrued ERISA’s preemption provision in making that determination and therefore reverse and remand the case for…
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