for Toledo Bar Association
1. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts, No. 84-325, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 26, 1985, Argued , June 3, 1985, Decided ** Together with No. 84-356, Travelers Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts, also on appeal from the same court.
OVERVIEW: A state mandated-benefits law was not preempted by ERISA or the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because it regulated insurance within the meaning of ERISA's statutory saving clause and did not limit rights protected by the NLRA.
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