Hawai'i Laborers' Trust Funds v. Maui Prince Hotel

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• holding that mechanic’s lien law of general application is not preempted by ERISA
• holding that mechanic's lien law of general application is not preempted by ERISA
• explaining that state’s police power to protect its residents includes power to “protect workers within the State ” (Emphasis added)
• noting that ERISA created new law but also displaced larger body of existing state law
• upholding mechanics’ lien law in action by trust funds to collect delinquent contribution because no clear intention in ERISA to preempt traditional areas of state police power
• \[It is within the state's sovereign powers to determine that laborers enjoy superior creditor priority ....\

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