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THACKER v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

No. 00-2373.

257 F.3d 922 (2001)

Lowell Boyd THACKER, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, doing business as Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail G. Renshaw, argued, Wood River, IL (Charles W. Armbruster, III, on the brief), for appellant.

Scott H. Tucker, argued, Little Rock, AR (William H. Sutton and R. Christopher Lawson, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HANSEN and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and FENNER, District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Lowell Boyd Thacker appeals the district court's2 dismissal of Count II of his Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) complaint, arguing that it is not preempted by the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Because Thacker's claims within Count II are "minor disputes" within the purview of the RLA, we affirm.3

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