De BUONO NEW YORK COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, et al.
v.
NYSA—ILA MEDICAL AND CLINICAL SERVICES FUND, by its TRUSTEES, BOWERS, et al.
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Argued February 24, 1997.
Decided June 2, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
M. Patricia Smith, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General, Barbara G. Billet, Solicitor General, Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General, and Daniel F. De Vita, Assistant Attorney General.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger,James A. Feldman, J. Davitt McAteer, Allen H. Feldman, Nathaniel I. Spiller, and Judith D. Heimlich.
Donato Caruso argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were C. Peter Lambos, Thomas W. Gleason, and Ernest L. Mathews, Jr.*
Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 816.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is another Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) pre-emption case.1 Broadly stated, the question presented is whether hospitals operated by ERISA plans are subject to the same laws as other hospitals. More precisely, the question is whether the opaque language in ERISA's § 514(a)2 precludes...
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