United States First Circuit

In lawsuits seeking to represent a potential class of hospital employees who had allegedly been deprived of compensation for certain aspects of their work: 1) the district court's dismissal of one suit is affirmed, where a) removal to federal court and dismissal of all but one claim were proper under the complete preemption doctrine and the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction, because it was necessary for an arbitrator to interpret a collective bargaining agreement to resolve certain claims, and b) a claim under the Massachusetts Fair Minimum Wage Act was barred because the plaintiffs worked in a hospital; and 2) the district court's dismissal of the other suit is vacated and the case remanded for an opportunity to amend the complaint to more specifically identify the employer being sued.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2012
• Published 04/18/2012

Judges

• Boudin

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick J. Solomon, Lisa A. Schreter