Legal Opinion

Rueli v. Baystate Health, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 23, 2016No. 15-1198PPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are a putative class of unionized nurses who sued their employer in state court for unpaid wages and overtime pay for work performed outside their approved shifts. Their employer removed the case to federal court, citing the doctrine of complete preemption, under which claims requiring interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) are reclassified as federal claims. The district court, finding that this case is controlled by our opinion in Cavallaro v. UMass Memorial Healthcare, Inc., 678 F.3d 1, 3-4 (1st Cir. 2012), determined that complete…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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3Cited by16 opinions

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