Kane v. Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 MARK KANE, Case No. 22-cv-04583-WHO 7 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 8 v. DISMISS 9 MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, Re: Dkt. No. 20 INC., et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 Defendants Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (“Matson”) and Theodore Bernhard move 13 to dismiss a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) arising from plaintiff Mark Kane’s termination 14 from his job aboard a ship that Matson owned and Bernhard captained, because Kane’s claims are 15 preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”). Kane’s…