No. 90-15054

943 F.2d 1127 60 USLW 2185 , 14 Employee Benefits Cas. 1611 M.C. STURGIS, et al., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. HERMAN MILLER, INC., NVE Constructors, Inc., Columbia Steel Fabricators, Inc., Does 1-20; Doe 16, Lawyers Surety Company, Defendant-Appellees. No. 90-15054. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 12, 1991 * . Decided Sept. 3, 1991. Patrick M. Hevesy, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellants. Aldo Branch, and Richard M. Peekema, San Jose, Cal., for defendant-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before PREGERSON, NOONAN, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal presents the issue whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") preempts a California statute that grants an employee trust, established pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, a mechanic's lien to collect unpaid employer contributions due for employee fringe benefits. After finding that ERISA preempted the state lien statute, the district court dismissed an action brought by M.C. Sturgis and the other trustees of the California Field Ironworkers Trust Fund (the…