Legal Opinion

Prince v. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Kentucky

Decided December 9, 2015No. Civil No. 15-52-ART-EBAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Amul R. Thapar, United States. District Judge.

A collective-bargaining agreement does not have the'Midas touch, transforming every , state-law claim in the vicinity into a federal case. Here, Bryan Price sued his employer, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, advancing two state-law' claims: a civil-rights violation and breach- of contract. Appalachian then removed the case to this Court, arguing that Prince’s breach-of-contract claim was really a federal-law claim arising under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act. But although Prince was indeed subject to a…

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