Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Voca Corp. of Washington, DC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 2008No. 05-CV-778, 05-CV-803PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Senior Judge:
Appellants, Kathie Byrd, Lisha Quarles, and Michelle Monroe, sued their former employer, appellee, VOCA Corporation of Washington, D.C., for wrongful termination of employment based on public policy grounds. The trial court granted appel-lee summary judgment, having concluded that appellants’ remedy for wrongful discharge was preempted by § 301(a) of the National Labor Relations Act of 1947 (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185(a) (2001). The trial court also dismissed appellants’ cases on the separate ground of failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Appellants argue that the…
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