United States Eighth Circuit

Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act preempts plaintiff's state law tort claims for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and conversion, all of which are based directly upon the collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2004
• Published 03/23/2004

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was John E. Toma, Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Stephen Robert Clark of St. Louis, Missouri.   Also appearing on the brief were John C. Grellner, Jeffrey B. Rosen, and Michael Dubus.