James L. McCoy Administrator of the Electrical Workers Trust Funds, Etc. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1991-11-19

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. This appeal calls upon us to determine an issue of first impression: whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (1988), preempts the operation of a Massachusetts mechanics’ lien statute, Mass. Gen.L. ch. 254 (1990), as it concerns the rights of employee benefit plans. The d…

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