United States Sixth Circuit

ERISA does not preempt two provisions of a Michigan law governing the training of apprentice electricians since, under applicable Supreme Court precedent: 1) the substantive standards to be applied to apprenticeship training programs are quite remote from the areas with which ERISA is expressly concerned; and 2) there is a paucity of indication in ERISA and its legislative history of any intent on the part of Congress to preempt state apprenticeship training standards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2008
• Published 09/16/2008

Judges

• Before: SUTTON and COOK, Circuit Judges;  ROSE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Dennis Raterink, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, John R. Canzano, Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellants.  David John Masud, Masud, Patterson, Schutter, Peters & Vary, Saginaw, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Dennis Raterink, Richard P. Gartner, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, John R. Canzano, Klimist, Mcknight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellants.  David John Masud, Katherine S. Gardner, Masud, Patterson, Schutter, Peters & Vary, Saginaw, Michigan, for Appellees.