Aguilera v. Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp.

HUG, Chief Judge:

The questions before us are whether the appellants’ state law fraud and breach of contract claims against their former employer are preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 185, and whether them statutory claim was properly dismissed. The district court granted summary judgment to the appellants’ former employer on the appellants’ claims brought under California law, ruling that section 301 preempted them. The court also held that the appellants’ state statutory and public policy claims were barred by the applicable statute of…