United States Ninth Circuit
ABRAHAM v. NORCAL WASTE SYS., 99-17040
ERISA does not preempt employees' state fraud action that alleged defendants defrauded them into exchanging their employee stock options for notes.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/11/2000
- Decided 09/07/2001
- Published 09/07/2001
Judges
- TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before: THOMPSON, O'SCANNLAIN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Stephen H. Dye,Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees, in No. 99-17040 and No. 99-17474., Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee Norcal Waste Systems, Inc., in No. 99-17040 and 99-17474., Deborah S. Ballati, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Norcal Waste Systems, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, in No. 99-17040 and No. 99-17474, and for defendant-appellee in No. 99-17132., James B. Wright, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant Bank of America, N.A., in No. 99-17040 and No. 99-17474, and for the plaintiff-appellant in No. 99-17132.