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SCOTUS· 5/24/1971

Chambers v. California

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 999
  • 91 S. Ct. 2175

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • employee’s state law claim for violation of California’s constitutional right to privacy was properly removed as completely preempted
  • “Here, the district court could not ascertain Stikes’ expectations of privacy at the workplace without considering the conditions of his employment enumerated in the collective bargaining agreement.”
  • “Furthermore, even if California courts were to deem the right to privacy nonnegotiable in the collective bargaining process, suits based upon a violation of that right might nonetheless fall within section 301’s preemptive grip.”

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Judges: Douglas, Granted, Should

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