HULL v. DUTTON

No. 90-7531.

935 F.2d 1194 (1991)

Robert HULL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DUTTON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Watson, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

J.P. Courtney, III, William E. Shreve, Lyons, Pipes & Cooks, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Robert Hull, Jr. brought this action on behalf of a class composed of hourly employees of the Alabama State Dock Department, alleging they had been unconstitutionally denied longevity pay benefits as provided under Alabama law. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee on the grounds that Alabama's longevity pay statute, as applied to employees of the Docks Department, is preempted by the...

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