Catholic Healthcare West-Bay Area v. Seafarers Health & Benefits Plan

*564 MEMORANDUM **

Catholic Healthcare West-Bay Area d/b/a St. Mary’s Medical Center (“St. Mary’s”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to remand this action to state court and the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan (“Seafarers”). St. Mary’s argues that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction — due to lack of a federal question' — because the Complaint contains only state law claims for breach of implied contract, negligent misrepresentation, estoppel, quantum me-ndt, and indebitatus assumpsit. Seafarers argues that these state law claims are preempted by ERISA because they necessarily involve the interpretation of an ERISA plan as applied to an assignee of ERISA benefits. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the district court’s judgment and remand with instructions to remand the action to state court.

ERISA preempts “any and all State laws insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to any employee benefit plan” that is subject to ERISA. 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (a). We have formulated a “relationship test” to determine whether ERISA preempts a state law. Geweke Ford v. St. Joseph’s Omni…