United States Tenth Circuit

Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 USC 185, preempts employee's interference with contract lawsuit alleging her manager fabricated the unexcused absence charge because adjudicating the claim requires an interpretation of the employee's collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2001
• Published 03/08/2001

Judges

• Before BRISCOE, McKAY, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh S. Pixler of Gregson & Pixler, P.C., Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Emily Keimig and William A. Wright of Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, CO, and Raymond M. Deeny of Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Colorado Springs, CO, for Defendants-Appellees.