Legal Opinion
William O’Neal WHITT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHERMAN INT’L CORP., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1998No. 97-6643PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises issues involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and state contract and tort law. Upon termination of his employment with defendant-appellees Sherman International Corporation and Constar, Inc. (collectively, “Sherman”), plaintiff-appellant William O’Neal "Whitt, Jr. sought benefits in state court for which he had allegedly contracted with Sherman. Sherman removed the case to federal court, alleging that Whitt’s state law claims were preempted by ERISA, and thus, federal question jurisdiction…
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