Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Combined Management, Inc. v. Atchinson
Combined Mgmt., Inc. v. Atchinson, 513 U.S. 943 (1994)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1994-10-11
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- holding (1) litigants must act promptly in transferring actions which have been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by federal courts; (2
- stating that Congress explicitly exempted state workers’ compensation schemes from ERISA’s purview
- interpreting the definition of “employer” under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (“MSAWPA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., and the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., which both use the same definition of to “employ” as the FMLA
- state statute requiring that worker’s compensation plans be kept separate from ERISA plans
Citator
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