McNEALY v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 97-1277.

139 F.3d 1113 (1998)

Troy W. MCNEALY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marsha S. Berzon (argued), Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Columbus R. Gangemi, Jr. (argued), Gerald C. Peterson, Joseph James Torres, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is a small piece of one of the most protracted disputes between labor and management in recent history. Appellant Troy McNealy, a former member of the United Auto Workers (UAW), brought suit alleging that appellee Caterpillar violated Illinois law when it dismissed him without just cause. The district judge held that a prior decision of the Illinois Appellate Court precluded McNealy from pursuing his suit, and, in the alternative...

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