Legal Opinion
Hawai'i Laborers' Trust Funds v. Maui Prince Hotel
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1996No. 18266 to 18269PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAMIL, Justice.
We are called upon to determine whether the Hawai'i State Mechanic’s and Material-man’s Lien Law, 1 in collecting delinquent trust fund contributions, is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 2 Specifically, we are faced with the question of whether Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 507-42 (1993) 3 may be used to effectuate the judgment of a federal district court, in order to recover delinquent ERISA contributions due the Hawai'i Laborers’ Trust Fund (HLTF) on behalf of laborers who performed labor and improvements on the subject lien…
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