CLEMENTS v. GAMBLERS SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CO.

No. 98-1817.

610 N.W.2d 847 (2000)

Byron P. CLEMENTS and Mark W. Clements, Appellants, v. GAMBLERS SUPPLY MANAGEMENT COMPANY and Sodak Gaming Iowa, Inc. a/k/a Sodak Gaming, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy S. Jacobson of Parke O'Flaherty, Ltd., La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Deborah Hughes, Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

E. David Wright and Christopher R. Paar of Norman, Gilloon, Wright & Hamel, P.C., Dubuque, for appellees.

Considered en banc.


CARTER, Justice.

Byron P. Clements and Mark W. Clements, licensed ship captains employed by the management company for a riverboat casino in Marquette, Iowa, appeal from adverse judgment in an action seeking damages for wrongful discharge. The district court dismissed their claims, premised on state law, because it concluded that those state law claims were preempted by federal maritime law. After reviewing the record and considering the arguments presented, we disagree...

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