Legal Opinion
Thomas Henry Anderson v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1993No. 93-2069PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this appeal is whether the Railway Labor Act or the Federal Aviation Act “completely pre-empts”, and thus confers federal jurisdiction over, Thomas Anderson’s state law claim that American Airlines (“American”) retaliated against him for filing a workers’ compensation claim. Because we find that Anderson’s claim is not completely pre-empted, we reverse. We therefore remand with instructions to vacate the judgment and remand this case to the state court from which it was removed.
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Anderson was employed as an aircraft mechanic for American at…
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