RUELI v. BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.

No. 15-1198.

835 F.3d 53 (2016)

Catherine RUELI, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC., and Baystate Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Liss-Riordan , with whom Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Boston, was on brief, for appellants.

Robert Morsilli , with whom Douglas J. Hoffman and Jackson Lewis P.C., Boston, were on brief, for appellees.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, and Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs are a putative class of unionized nurses who sued their employer in state court for unpaid wages and overtime pay for work performed outside their approved shifts. Their employer removed the case to federal court, citing the doctrine of complete preemption, under which claims requiring interpretation of a collective...

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