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All for Naught: Seventh Circuit Reverses Employer’s Victory and Kicks Case Back to State Court Because it Finds No Basis for Jurisdiction Under Section 301

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on August 20, 2013

It is not unusual for employees who are represented by a labor union nonetheless to file suit in state court for employment claims, such as wrongful termination, discrimination and so forth. In some limited cases these lawsuits can be subject to removal to federal court and preempted by federal…

Federal Court Finds State Law Donning & Doffing Claims Preempted By The LMRA

By Seyfarth Shaw on September 11, 2012

Posted in Collective Bargaining, Preemption

By Ashley S. Kircher.

Last week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana held that state law donning and doffing claims brought by factory workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement were preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act. See Jones v. C & D Techs. Inc., Case No.

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All for Naught: Seventh Circuit Reverses Employer’s Victory and Kicks Case Back to State Court Because it Finds No Basis for Jurisdiction Under Section 301

Federal Court Finds State Law Donning & Doffing Claims Preempted By The LMRA

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