United States Eighth Circuit

A railroad employee's complaints about a disciplinary hearing are "minor disputes" which invoke the interpretation of his collective bargaining agreement and are thus preempted by the Railway Labor Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2001
• Published 07/31/2001

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and FENNER , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gail G. Renshaw, argued, Wood River, IL (Charles W. Armbruster, III, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott H. Tucker, argued, Little Rock, AR (William H. Sutton and R. Christopher Lawson, on the brief), for appellee.