Legal Opinion
Cephas v. MVM, INC.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 28, 2008No. 06-5244PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
James Cephas sued his employer, MVM, Inc., for damages, claiming the company violated its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with Cephas’s union when it transferred him to another position. The district court first held Cephas’s claim arose under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, because § 301 completely preempts a claim for breach of a CBA cast in terms of state contract law. The court then held the applicable statute of limitations was to be found in § 10(b) of the National Labor…
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