United States Eighth Circuit

Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 and Whistleblower Protection Program of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century pre-empted plaintiff's retaliatory discharge claims under Minnesota's whistleblower statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2002
• Published 04/05/2002

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before BOWMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan G. Steinberg, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Magnuson, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Patricia A. Burke and Jonathan J. Hegre, Minneapolis, MN, J. Ronald Petrikin, Tulsa, OK, on the brief), for appellee.