Bebensee v. Ross Pierce Electric, Inc.

The primary issue posed here is whether the National Labor Relations Act preempts plaintiff from bringing, in a Michigan court, this tort action charging a common-law conspiracy by a former employer, a labor union, and a business agent for the union, to deprive him of his right to work. Defendant also asserts that plaintiff should be barred from bringing his complaint to state court due to the principle of collateral estoppel and due to a failure to exhaust internal union remedies.

We hold that under Farmer v United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25, 430 US 290; 97 S Ct…