Legal Opinion
Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 9, 1987No. 86-526PublishedCited by 6,757 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question for decision is whether respondents’ state-law complaint for breach of individual employment contracts is completely pre-empted by §301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA), 61 Stat. 156, 29 U. S. C. § 185, and therefore removable to Federal District Court.
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At various times between 1956 and 1968, Caterpillar Tractor Company (Caterpillar) hired respondents to work at its San Leandro, California, facility. Complaint ¶¶ 10-26, App. to Pet. for Cert. (App.) A-40 — A-42. Initially, each respondent filled a position covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between…
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