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Supreme Court· 1/14/1980

Michael v. United States

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 1032
  • 100 S. Ct. 702
  • 62 L. Ed. 2d 667
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 451

How courts have described this case

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  • 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

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