Major v. Phillips-Jones Corp.

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• noting that \policy of national uniformity\ favored ERISA preemption of state common law and statutory claims where \plaintiffs were employed in 16 different states\
• noting that “policy of national uniformity” favored ERISA preemption of state common law and statutory claims where “plaintiffs were employed in 16 different states”
• even exercise of traditional state police power preempted unless it affects benefit plans in a tenuous, remote, or peripheral manner; court treats inquiries as separate
• state statute requiring employer to make payments into severance pay benefit plan relates to plan
• claimants must establish defendant's noncompliance sufficiently tainted denial of benefits so as to warrant determination the denial is arbitrary and capricious

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