United States Seventh Circuit

Wrongful termination claims brought under the Illinois Electric Service Law are preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act; the state law does not prohibit the layoff or demotion of non-supervisory employees within 30 months of a utilities merger. Plaintiffs' motion to remand was properly denied.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2003
• Decided 04/27/2004
• Published 04/27/2004

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Keith L. Hunt (argued), Lara A. Anderson, Hunt & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott E. Gross, James D. Weiss (argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.