American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, Council 93 v. Gordon

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.

The employer plaintiff in this case filed a straight-forward state law complaint in state court against its allegedly faithless employee defendant, who, it claims, unlawfully assisted a competitor. As it happens, the two competitors are labor unions and Plaintiff had hired Defendant to advance Plaintiffs interests in the union representation election process. Defendant’s alleged faithlessness is said to stem from simultaneously advancing the interests of the competing labor union. The underlying dispute arguably puts the subject matter…