Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Michael v. United States
Michael v. United States, 444 U.S. 1032 (1980)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1980-01-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding ERISA preempts Connecticut’s fair employment law as it applies to benefit plans
- ERISA does not preempt state fair employment laws, since preemption of such laws would impair the federal framework for prohibiting employment discrimination
- complaint that company’s benefit plan is sex discriminatory; Wisconsin Fair Employment Act barring sex discrimination would be preempted by ERISA but for saving clause, § 1144(d
- ERISA does not preempt state fair employment law
Citator
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.