Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-01

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Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case we must decide whether a Maine statute requiring employers to provide a one-time severance payment to employees in the event of a plant closing, Me. Rev. Stat. *4 Ann., Tit. 26, §625-B (Supp. 1986-1987), 1 is pre-empted by either the Employee Retirement Income Security…

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