Legal Opinion

John Croston v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company International Association of MacHinists and Aerospaceworkers Aerospace Workers

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 30, 1993No. 91-36090PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

We must decide, among other issues, whether the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151, et seq., preempts a state law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of physical handicap. We hold that it does. We affirm the summary judgment dismissal

of Croston’s action against his railroad-employer and his union.

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Croston, a machinist employed by Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) at its Livingston, Montana shop, suffered a heart attack in November 1985. He was not scheduled to return to work until May 1987. While he was on medical leave, BN shut down the…

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