Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Central, Ltd. v. Shannon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2008No. 07-3554PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Wisconsin Central, LTD. (“WCL”), an interstate railroad company, brought a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in federal court after the Illinois Department of Labor (“the IDOL”) began investigating claims that WCL had violated overtime regulations under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 III. Comp. Stat. 105/4a. The basis for WCL’s suit was that the State’s overtime provisions were preempted by federal law. This preemption argument was based on two separate grounds: (1) that enforcing the Illinois law would require interpreting provisions in WCL’s collective…
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