Baker v. Caravan Moving Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · LaRocca v. United States · Anderson v. Abbott · Carpenters Local Union No of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Pratt-Farnsworth Inc · Cedillo v. Int'l Ass'n of Bridge & Structural Iron Workers, Local Union No. 1
Most-quoted passages
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“employer” or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee benefit plan. 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (5). 2 . (a) ... [T]he provisions of this subchapter and subchapter III of this chapter shall supersede any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan____ (b) .... (4) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any generally applicable criminal law of a State. 3 . Even though the Illinois Wage Payment Act ... applies to all employers and employees, ERISA preempts the Illinois statute to the extent that it regulates pension and welfare plans. While the Illinois law provides for criminal penalties, we find it is not so broad as to encompass the narrow interpretation of "generally applicable”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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