Legal Opinion
Betty Taggart v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1994No. 91-2246PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Betty Taggart appeals from a final order entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissing her state law handicap discrimination claim for lack of jurisdiction as pre-empted by the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. For reversal Taggart argues the district court erred in holding her state law handicap discrimination claim was pre-empted by the RLA. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the order of the district court and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.
In 1970 Taggart began working for Trans…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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