Legal Opinion
Swift v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 11, 1986No. Civ. 86-CV-70614-DTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
COHN, District Judge.
This is a wrongful discharge case grounded on the breach of an implied contract of employment and of a collective bargaining agreement. The complaint was initially filed in the Wayne County Circuit Court and removed to this court, 28 U.S.C. § 1441 and § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185(a). The complaint alleges in part:
6. That the contract of employment between Plaintiff and Defendant is, in part, evidenced by Defendant’s employee handbook, by Defendant’s pattern and practice of employee relations, by oral…
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