Legal Opinion
Arthur Geddes v. American Airlines, Inc., Terry Meenan
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 21, 2003No. 02-13885PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge:
Arthur Geddes, an aircraft technician, originally filed a complaint in Florida state court against his employer American Airlines (“American”) claiming damages resulting from the torts of defamation, negligence, and negligent supervision and retention. American, a Texas corporation, removed the case to federal district court, asserting that federal law completely preempted Geddes’s state law tort claims, and thus, removal was appropriate on the basis of federal question jurisdiction. 1 Geddes challenged this jurisdictional ground, moving to remand the case back to state…
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