Legal Opinion
English v. General Electric Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 4, 1990No. 89-152PublishedCited by 1,352 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
In the particular context of this case we must decide whether federal law pre-empts a state-law cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit is brought by an employee of a nuclear-fuels production facility against her employer and arises out of actions by the employer allegedly taken in retaliation for the employee’s nuclear-safety complaints.
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Petitioner Vera M. English was employed from 1972 to 1984 as a laboratory technician at the nuclear-fuels production facility operated by respondent General Electric Company (GE) in Wilmington, N. C. In February 1984,…
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