Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Combined Management, Inc. v. Atchinson

513 U.S. 943

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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