OLSON v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

No. 90-55688.

951 F.2d 1123 (1991)

Roger OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; Allied Signal, Inc., a foreign corporation; Amex Systems Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Signal Inc.); Science Applications International Corporation, a foreign corporation; SAIC Range Systems, a California corporation and Does 1 through 50 inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Allenby, Hillyer & Irwin, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark S. Pulliam and Matthew L. Lalli, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG, REINHARDT and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Roger Olson appeals the district court order granting summary judgment in favor of General Dynamics, Allied-Signal, Science Applications International Corporation ("SAIC"), and SAIC Range Systems (collectively, "the appellees"). The district court ruled that Olson's state law fraud claim relates to an employee benefit plan, and is therefore preempted by § 514(a), 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a), of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

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