United States Ninth Circuit

Claims for overtime payments at premium wage rates under California law did not involve terms or interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement, and were not preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act; thus, case remanded to state court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2002
• Decided 01/27/2003
• Published 01/27/2003

Judges

• SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge., Before: D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Harris,Harris & Ruble, Los Angeles, CA, and Maxwell M. Blecher, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rex S. Heinke, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.