Idaho Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO et al v. Wasden
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER granting 2 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Defendant Attorney General Wasden is hereby enjoined from enforcing any of the provisions of Senate Bill 1007. The preliminary injunction shall last until the Court can resolve any motion for permanent injunction. Plaintiffs are directed to contact the Court's Clerk for the purpose of setting a Case Management Conference. Signed
514 U.S. 645 (1995) Cited 1,553 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statute imposing a surcharge on "[p]atients served by commercial insurers providing in-patient hospital coverage on an expense-incurred basis, by self-insured funds directly reimbursing hospitals, and by certain workers' compensation, volunteer firefighters' benefit, ambulance workers' benefit, and no-fault motor vehicle insurance funds" . . . "cannot be said to make 'reference to' ERISA plans in any manner" because the surcharge applied "regardless of whether the commercial coverage or membership, respectively, [wa]s ultimately secured by an ERISA plan, private purchase, or otherwise"
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Holding that "the States as well as the federal court must defer to the exclusive competence of the National Labor Relations Board" if "an activity is arguably subject to § 7 or § 8 of the [NLRA]"
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Holding that both state and federal courts must defer to the National Labor Relations Board when an activity is arguably protected under § 7 or prohibited by § 8 of the NLRA
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Holding that state law is preempted where it would upset the congressionally defined balance of power between management and labor by regulating activity Congress deliberately left unregulated