United States Sixth Circuit

Federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear claims filed pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act and ERISA (29 U.S.C. section 1132) when an accord reached between the corporation and the employees' union terminates a previously negotiated CBA, the breach of which provided the factual basis for both claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/17/2004
• Published 05/17/2004

Judges

• Before: NELSON, MOORE, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John L. Wolfe (argued and briefed), 1 Cascade Plaza, Akron, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Clair E. Dickinson (briefed), Brouse McDowell, Akron, OH, David F. Dabis (argued and briefed), Jonathan P. Harmon (briefed), McGuire Woods LLP, for Richmond, VA, Melvin P. Stein (argued and briefed), United Steelworkers of America, for Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellee.