MILLER v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 86-3059.

834 F.2d 556 (1987)

Tony L. MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer I. Schwartz, Wallace R. Steffen (argued), Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Forrest A. Norman, James M. Speros (argued), Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL and JONES, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal illustrates, in graphic form, how a relatively simple set of facts in a controversy can nonetheless implicate difficult and subtle issues extending over many areas of federal law. The general area of law at issue here is the extent to which the principles of federal preemption law impact, in an industrial setting, upon private state actions for defamation.

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his defamation claim brought...

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