United States Fourth Circuit

In a wrongful discharge suit, the district court did not err by remanding the case to state court since the claims were not preempted by operation of Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2004
• Published 11/16/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and Henry E. HUDSON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:John Robert Hunt, Shea, Stokes & Carter, A.L.C., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant.  Weldon Mark Burnette, Burnette & Burnette, Lewisburg, West Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Arch Stokes, Shea, Stokes & Carter, A.L.C., Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant.