DAVIS v. BELL ATLANTIC-WEST VIRGINIA, INC.

No. 96-1065.

110 F.3d 245 (1997)

Jeanette DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELL ATLANTIC-WEST VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED, d/b/a The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia, a West Virginia Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William C. Garrett, Gassaway, West Virginia, for Appellant. Donald Bell Haller, Arlington, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before HALL, WILKINS, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge HALL and Judge WILKINS joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

The question we decide in this case is whether an employee's state law claims for violation of a settlement agreement that resolved a grievance brought under her collective-bargaining agreement are preempted by § 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act ("LMRA"), 29 U.S.C. § 185. We hold that they...

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