CHAMPION INTERN. CORP. v. BROWN

No. 83-4070.

731 F.2d 1406 (1984)

CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margery H. BROWN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sheridan, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, Mont., Bruce A. Hoffman, Graydon, Head & Ritchey, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward A. Murphy, Datsopoulos, MacDonald, & Lind, Missoula, Mont., Annie L. MacIntyre, Helena, Mont., for defendants-appellees.

Before: WRIGHT, GOODWIN, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The Montana Human Rights Commission (MHRC) found portions of Champion's pension plan to be in violation of Montana's age discrimination laws. Champion filed for relief, first with the federal district court and later with the Montana state court. They claimed that the applicable provision of the Montana age discrimination law had been preempted under section 514(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C...

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