Contract Pharmacal Corp. v. Air Indus. Group

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where a complaint plainly fails to state a cause of action under state law, it is within the district court’s discretion to dismiss the cause of action entirely
• noting that section 301 pro- vides federal jurisdiction
• preemption inquiry need not be conducted if a state cause of action is not stated
• “The terms and conditions of [the union member’s] employment with [the employer] were governed by a collective bargaining agreement between [the employer] and the union, which prohibited termination of employees without ‘just cause’ . . . .”

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