United States Seventh Circuit

Employees' mechanic's liens for unpaid vacation pay, filed under Indiana Code Sec. 32-8-3-1 et seq., were invalid because of the preemptive effect of Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 USC 185(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2001
• Decided 11/06/2000
• Published 11/06/2000

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER, POSNER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, DIANE P. WOOD, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nora L. Macey (argued), Richard J. Swanson, Macey, Macey & Swanson, Indianapolis, IN, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Grant F. Shipley (argued), Shipley & Adelsperger, R.D. Boyer, Helmke, Beams, Boyer & Wagner, Fort Wayne, IN, for appellees.