Jet Charter Service, Inc. v. Banque Paribas (Suisse), S. A.

How later courts describe this case

• holding that, where issue is question of law or mixed law and fact, it is "subject to de novo review"
• holding that the clear language of the United States Supreme Court in Pilot Life required the conclusion that its state's mandatory attorney's-fee law was preempted by the discretionary fee provision in ERISA's civil enforcement statute
• cited with approval by the Third Circuit in McDaniels v. Flick, 59 F.3d 446, 457 (3d Cir.1995).