Dillingham Construction v. County of Sonoma

57 F.3d 712 63 USLW 2779 , 130 Lab.Cas. P 57,917 , 19 Employee Benefits Cas. 1409 , 2 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1291 , Pens. Plan Guide P 23913H DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTION N.A., INC., a California Corporation; Manuel J. Arceo, dba Sound Systems Media, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SONOMA; Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15247. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1993. Decided June 7, 1995. Richard N. Hill, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Ramon Yuen-Garcia, Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement and John M. Rea, Dept. of Indus. Relations, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: CANBY, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and JONES, * District Judge. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 The issue presented in this case is whether ERISA preempts the application of a state prevailing wage law that requires payment of prevailing wages to employees in apprenticeship programs…