LINGLE v. NORGE DIV. OF MAGIC CHEF, INC.

Nos. 85-2971, 86-1763.

823 F.2d 1031 (1987)

Jonna R. LINGLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORGE DIVISION OF MAGIC CHEF, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Pamela S. MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARLING NATIONAL BREWERIES, INC., a foreign corporation, G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc., a foreign corporation, d/b/a Carling National Breweries, John Snyder, and Charles Rhein, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Consolidated and Reargued April 29, 1987.

Decided June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Alan Levy, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Ralph T. Stenger, Law Office of Ralph T. Stenger, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Daniel R. Begian, McMahon, Berger, Hanna, Linihan, Cody & McCarthy, St. Louis, Mo., P. Michael Kimmel, Gilbert, Kimmel, Huffman & Prosser, Ltd., Carbondale, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Consolidated and Reargued En Banc April 29, 1987.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

These cases present issues of extreme importance affecting workers covered by collective bargaining agreements. We must decide whether a claim of retaliatory discharge, a claim of intentional interference with an employment contract, and a claim that certain discharge procedures are defective, are preempted by § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a) (1982...

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