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Title: Geddes v. American Airlines
Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 21, 2003
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 63 KB

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PUBLISH Arthur Geddes, an aircraft technician, originally filed a complaint in Florida state court against his employer American Airlines (""American"") claiming damages resulting from the torts of defamation, negligence, and negligent supervision and retention. American, a Texas corporation, removed the case to federal district court, asserting that federal law completely preempted Geddes's state law tort claims, and thus, removal was appropriate on the basis of federal question jurisdiction. 2 Geddes challenged this jurisdictional ground, moving to remand the case back to state court. The district court denied Geddes's motion, finding that the Railway Labor Act (""RLA""), 45 U.S.C. § 184 (1986), completely preempted the state tort claims, and it applied the RLA to dismiss the complaint. Geddes, arguing that removal was improper, appeals from the denial of his motion to remand the case to state court and from the dismissal of his complaint.