Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Whirlpool Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2011No. 09-4231PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Timothy Lewis brought a wrongful-termination claim against defendant-appellee Whirlpool Corporation alleging that he was terminated in violation of Ohio public policy for his refusal to discharge employees for unionizing activities. The district court dismissed Lewis’s complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, finding his claim preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158, which is to be interpreted and applied in the first instance by the National Labor Relations Board. We agree with the district court’s analysis…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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