CARPENTERS SO. CAL. ADMIN. CORP v. EL CAPITAN DEVEL.

Docket No. S000772.

53 Cal.3d 1041 (1991)

811 P.2d 296

282 Cal. Rptr. 277

CARPENTERS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EL CAPITAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Stanton, Kay & Watson, James P. Watson, Charles P. Scully, Donald C. Carroll, DeCarlo & Connor, John T. DeCarlo, Patrick Connor, Richard A. Brownstein and Karen L. Holliday for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lionel Richman, Pappy & Davis, George A. Pappy, Jett & Laquer, Wayne Jett, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Stuart H. Young, Jr., McCarthy, Johnson & Miller, Raphael Shannon, Lori A. Nord, Gilbert & Sackman, Steven J. Kaplan, Kenneth J. Sackman, Gerald M. Feder, David R. Levin, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Victor J. Van Bourg, Michael B. Roger, Blythe Mickelson and Michael W. Schnake as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, Karen E. Ford, Major Williams, Jr., Dorothy J. Stephens and Gregory R. Meyer for Defendant and Respondent.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Lynn K. Thompson and Roberta J. Burnette as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

The issue presented is whether Civil Code section 3111,1 which creates liens on real property in favor of trust funds established pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). (29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.) We conclude that ERISA does preempt section 3111.

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