United States Ninth Circuit

A federal court had jurisdiction to rule that ERISA completely pre-empted a state law claim, even when the court ultimately declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction after appellants failed to state a federal claim under the Family Leave Medical Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2002
• Published 05/15/2002

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William Guas,Eduardo G. Roy, John Hurley, Natalia A. Beccia, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, San Francisco, CA;  Stacey E. Mark, Lori Irish Bauman, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellants-cross appellees., John P. Crowell, Portland OR;  Douglas G. Combs, William D. Robinson, Morse & Bratt, Vancouver, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross appellants.