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BETTY v. BROOKS & PERKINS

Docket No. 96538, (Calendar No. 5).

446 Mich. 270 (1994)

521 N.W.2d 518

BETTY v. BROOKS & PERKINS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodrick K. Green for the plaintiff.

Blake, Kirchner, Symonds, MacFarlane, Larson & Smith, P.C. (by Christopher G. Manolis), for the defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, P.C. (by Theodore Sachs and Patricia J. Fabrizio), for Michigan State AFL-CIO.

GRIFFIN, J.

We must decide whether plaintiff's state-law claim of employer race and sex discrimination is preempted by § 301 of the federal Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA).1 Because her action, based upon the Michigan Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq., is independent, and resolution does not require interpretation of the collective-bargaining agreement between plaintiff's union and her...

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