Legal Opinion
O'DONNELL v. Boggs
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 8, 2010No. 09-1659PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Paula O’Donnell, a former employee of the Boston Globe Employees Credit Union (“the Credit Union”), appeals from the dismissal on summary judgment of her Massachusetts state law claims alleging tortious interference with contractual relations by her supervisor and others. On this appeal, the central issue concerns preemption of state law claims under Supreme Court precedent designed to protect the collective bargaining process governed by federal labor law.
O’Donnell began working at the Credit Union as a teller in 1974. Her employment was governed by a collective…
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