DeSOTO v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

Nos. 85-6608, 86-5800.

820 F.2d 1434 (1987)

John DESOTO, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1987.

As Amended June 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore W. Russell, John C. Russell, Los Angeles, Cal., Ronald E. Sandhaus, Overland Park, Kan., for defendant-appellant.

Robert D. Newman, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard W. Smith, Sacramento, Cal., for amicus curiae.

Before ALARCON, BRUNETTI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

John DeSoto, a resident of California, brought an action against Yellow Freight Systems, Inc. (Yellow Freight), an Indiana corporation, and assorted unknown Does alleging that he had been wrongfully discharged because he refused to commit a violation of law. He also sued Yellow Freight under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 185 appealing a decision of the grievance committee which sustained his discharge....

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