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Supreme Court· 5/24/1971

Stovall v. Illinois

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 997
  • 91 S. Ct. 2183

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that once a plaintiff is told in no uncertain terms that every possible avenue for relief had been exhausted, the fact that she continued to pursue her appeal after receiving such notice was a nullity and did not alter her accrual date
  • holding claims are not preempted that “only ‘tangentially’ involve CBA provisions”
  • finding a breach of contract and promissory estoppel claim are pre- empted by federal labor law because employees covered by a CBA cannot rely upon the existence of a separate, individual employment contract giving rise to state law claims
  • “[E]mployees covered by a CBA cannot rely upon the existence of a separate, individual employment contract giving rise to state law claims.”
  • “employees covered by a 5 CBA cannot rely upon the existence of a separate, individual employment contract giving rise to state law claims.”
  • “[E]mployees covered by a CBA cannot rely upon the existence of a separate, individual employment contract giving rise to state law claims”

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