THOMAS v. UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL, 1938

No. 12-3625.

743 F.3d 1134 (2014)

Dave THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 1938; United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union; John Malek, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Kahn Schermer , argued, of Minneapolis, MN, on the appellant brief; Judith Kahn Schermer, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Sasha Shapiro , argued, of Pittsburgh, PA, on the appellee brief; Sasha Shapiro , Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee.

Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Dave Thomas appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of United Steelworkers Local 1938 (Local 1938); United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW);2 and Jon Malek on Thomas's state-law defamation claim arising out of a fact-finding meeting concerning a workplace dispute. For the reasons stated below, we reverse...

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