WHITE MOTOR CORP. v. MALONE

No. 76-1266.

545 F.2d 599 (1976)

WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION and White Farm Equipment Company, Appellants, v. E. I. MALONE, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for the State of Minnesota, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis L. Roy, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellants; Peter S. Hendrixson of Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, Minneapolis, Minn., Frank C. Heath, John L. Strauch and James A. Rydzel of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

James P. Gerlach, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for appellee; Warren R. Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard B. Allyn, Sol. Gen., and Richard S. Slowes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this case is whether federal labor policy preempts the legislative power of the State of Minnesota to impose upon the White Motor Corporation1 (White Motor) the obligation to fully fund its employee pension plan upon the closing of its factory and terminating its employees, notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary contained in the collective bargaining contract between White Motor and...

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