Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Baylor University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2000No. 99-50779PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Vernon Johnson appeals a judgment of dismissal, including an earlier denial of his motion to remand to state court his state law claim for tortious interference with contract. Concluding that the Pilot Records Sharing Act (“PRSA”), 49 U.S.C. § 44936, does not completely preempt state law claims so as to create federal question jurisdiction, we reverse and remand to the district court with instruction to remand to state court.
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Johnson, a pilot working for Baylor University (“Baylor”), was fired for chronic obesity and, poor grammar. He sued Baylor in state court,…
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