United States Ninth Circuit
Oregon Columbia Brick Masons Joint Apprenticeship Training Comm. v. Gardner, 03-35864
An Oregon "needs" requirement for the establishment of new registered apprenticeship training committees, which limits the number of state-recognized apprenticeship programs in a given geographic area, is not preempted by ERISA.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/07/2005
- Decided 05/22/2006
- Published 05/22/2006
Judges
- BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: REINHARDT, MARSHA S. BERZON, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John Spencer Stewart, Robert B. Coleman, & Matthew A. Wand, Stewart Sokol & Gray LLC, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General, & Erika L. Hadlock, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, Oregon, for the defendants-appellees.