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SHAFII v. BRITISH AIRWAYS, PLC

No. 1288, Docket 95-7816.

83 F.3d 566 (1996)

Seyed N. SHAFII, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRITISH AIRWAYS, PLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyed N. Shafii, Rio Rancho, NM, pro se.

Harry N. Turk, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before: WINTER, JACOBS and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

This dispute requires us to consider whether the state claims brought by an employee against his former employer can be resolved without reference to the language of a collective bargaining agreement. If they can, they belong in state court despite the general preemptive effect of the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. § 151-188. We hold that the claims raised in this action are not preempted by the RLA, and that they should be remanded...

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