Legal Opinion
Kenneth D. Henegar v. William M. Banta
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1994No. 93-3315PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
In an order granting summary judgment, a federal district court dismissed Kenneth D. Henegar’s defamation suit against William M. Banta, his former superior at the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, 817 F.Supp. 668. Henegar has appealed and presents us with a single issue: whether the district court erred in concluding that Henegar’s defamation claim was “inextricably intertwined” with the collective bargaining agreement between Henegar’s union and the railroad, and consequently, was preempted under the Railway Labor Act. 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. We think the district…
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