Seyed N. Shafii v. British Airways, Plc

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1996-05-08

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CALABRESI, Circuit Judge: This dispute requires us to consider whether the state claims brought by an employee against his former employer can be resolved without reference to the language of a collective bargaining agreement. If they can, they belong in state court despite the general preemptive effect of the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. § 1…

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