Legal Opinion · Dissent
Lontz v. Tharp
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2007No. 33243Published
1DissentStarcher, J.
I dissent from the conclusion reached in the majority opinion that the National Labor Relations Act (hereinafter “NLRA”) preempts the appellants’ state law claims.
The majority has departed from a long line of cases where this Court has guarded against unnecessary federal preemption of our state’s right to provide a remedy for wrongful acts. See, e.g., In Re: West Virginia Asbestos Litigation, 215 W.Va. 39, 592 S.E.2d 818 (2003) (preemption the exception, not the rule); Syllabus Point 3, State ex rel. Orlofske v. City of Wheeling, 212 W.Va. 538, 575 S.E.2d 148 (2002) (West Virginia state…
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