Task: Wrong Candidate Generation
Input (English): things, employee welfare benefit plans that, ‘through the purchase of insurance or otherwise,’ provide medical, surgical, or hospital care, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or death.” Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux, 481 U.S. 41, 44, 107 S.Ct. 1549, 95 L.Ed.2d 39 (1987) (quoting 29 U.S.C. § 1002(1)). To facilitate that comprehensive regulation, ERISA preempts any state law that “relate[s] to any employee benefit plan.” 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a). It is undisputed that plaintiffs claims under the Kentucky Act “relate to” an employee benefit plan, and therefore fall under ERISA’s express preemption clause. Plaintiff, however, argues that his claims under the Kentucky Act are saved from preemption by virtue of ERISA’s savings clause, which saves from preemptio 2003) (<HOLDING>). Plaintiff argues that the Kentucky Act 
 Holding statements: (A) holding claims under the south dakota unfair insurance practices statute were preempted because the south dakota statute provided a state judicial remedy (B) holding that ujnder the plain meaning of the voting rights act the state of south dakota is an entity that must secure preclearance from the attorney general or bring a declaratory judgment action for review of a law passed by the state legislature that impacts voting in covered counties (C) holding that in south carolina sheriffs and deputies are state officials (D) holding the state law claims were not preempted (E) holding that the plaintiffs state common law causes of actions for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing as well as a statutory cause of action for unfair insurance practices under the california insurance code were preempted by erisa
Output (English): holding the state law claims were not preempted