Legal Opinion
Moore-Thomas v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2009No. 06-35923PublishedCited by 677 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Algia Moore-Thomas (Moore-Thomas) appeals the district court’s dismissal of her uncertified class action in which she alleges that Defendant-Appellee Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) willfully failed to pay her and other former employees all wages due upon termination, at the time and in the manner required by Oregon Revised Statutes (Or. Rev.Stat.) § 652.140. Moore-Thomas argues that the district court erred by concluding that the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-63, 181-88, completely pre-empts her state law claim, by denying her…
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