PAIGE v. HENRY J. KAISER CO.

Nos. 84-2246, 84-7866.

826 F.2d 857 (1987)

Donald PAIGE and Andrew Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HENRY J. KAISER COMPANY, Standard Oil Company of California, Chevron Chemical Company, Eugene Green, and Does 1-20 inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. HENRY J. KAISER COMPANY, Standard Oil Company of California, Chevron Chemical Company, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, and Donald Paige and Andrew Harris, Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Hewitt and Alice M. Beasley, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants and respondent.

Gilmore F. Diekmann, Jr. and Debra F. Pell, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Edwin L. Currey, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners.

Before CHOY, HUG and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants brought this action in a California state court alleging that they had been required by their employer to fill generators with gasoline under unsafe conditions despite their protests, and that when they refused to do so, they were fired. The complaint alleged seven causes of action. The case was removed to federal court on the ground that the claims asserted were artfully pleaded federal claims.

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