Adkins v. Mireles

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiffs’ RICO claim was preempted under Garmbn preemption, but that plaintiffs’ breach of implied covenant of. good faith and fair dealing claim was preempted based on its reading of Vaca, not based on Garmon preemption
• ruling the federal duty of fair representation preempted union members’ breach of contract claims
• holding plaintiffs’ RICO claim was preempted under Garmon preemption, but that plaintiffs’ breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing claim was preempted based on its reading of Vaca, not based on Garmon preemption
• “[I]n order to appeal an issue on which the district court ruled in limine, a party must first receive a final ruling on the issue.”
• “Appellants may not escape federal labor law preemption by ‘artfully’ pleading their claims, avoiding references to preemptive federal law.”
• federal duty of fair representation “displaces state law that would impose duties upon unions by virtue of their status as the workers' exclusive collective bargaining representative”

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