Legal Opinion
Clay E. Monroe v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1997No. 96-2862PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This case calls upon us to resolve whether the district court properly dismissed Clay Monroe’s wrongful discharge claims, which he brought pursuant to the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”) and Illinois public policy. We agree with the district court that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate Monroe’s claims as they were preempted by the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”). Thus, we affirm the dismissal of Monroe’s action.
I. History
Clay Monroe worked for thirteen years as a brakeman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad (collectively,…
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