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BARROSSE v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS, INC.

No. 21-30761.

70 F.4th 315 (2023)

Lynn BARROSSE; Raegan Holloway; Makenzie Stricker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Incorporated, formerly known as Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Incorporated, formerly known as Avondale Industries, Incorporated, Defendant—Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 12, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas More Flanagan , Anders F. Holmgren , Flanagan Partners, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Jody Edward Anderman , Cameron Ray Waddell , Litigation Counsel, Waddell Anderman, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Brian Carl Bossier , Erin Helen Boyd , Blue Williams, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, Charles S. Dameron , Gregory George Garre , Latham & Watkins, L.L.P., Washington, DC, David Michael Melancon, Esq. , David Wayne O'Quinn, Esq. , Gretchen F. Richards , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Thomas Peyton Smith , Thomas Joel Fyke , Attorney, Forman Watkins & Krutz, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Amici Curiae Goulds Pumps, L.L.C., International Paper Company, Shell Oil Company.

John Joseph Hainkel, III , Kelsey Eagan , Roth Martin Hainkel, Esq. , Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amici Curiae General Electric Company, Foster Wheeler, L.L.C., Paramount Global.

Christopher Kelly Lightfoot , Hailey McNamara, Metairie, LA, for Amicus Curiae Taylor-Seidenbach, Incorporated.

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Ho and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

Federal law is the "supreme Law of the Land." U.S. Const. art. VI. When a state law looks like it might conflict with a federal statute or regulation, courts consider preemption to see if the state law in question must yield. Perry v. Mercedes Benz of N. Am., Inc., 957 F.2d 1257

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