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Nature of Suit Code: 740
Nature of Suit: Railway Labor Act
Cause of Action: 45:151 Railway Labor Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK LETBETTER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LOCAL 514, TRANSPORT WORKERS 

UNION OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04075-VC 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH 

PREJUDICE

In Demetris v. TWU, Case No. 13-cv-5566-VC, the Court has entered judgment for TWU 

on the ground that the second amended complaint fails to state a claim for violations of the duty of 

fair representation. In this companion case, the plaintiffs asserted state law claims based on the 

same alleged wrongdoing by TWU. Judge Kern of the Northern District of Oklahoma, to whom 

this case was assigned before it was transferred to this Court, ruled (in denying a motion to 

remand) that these state law claims are preempted and that the plaintiffs' lawsuit is properly 

construed as alleging violations of the duty of fair representation. Now that this Court has issued

its ruling in Demetris, the plaintiffs agree that the rationale of that ruling applies to this case, 

assuming the lawsuit is properly construed as alleging violations of the duty of fair representation. 

But they argue that this Court should not construe the lawsuit as alleging violations of the duty of 

fair representation. The Court is of the view that Judge Kern's ruling on this issue is correct. 

Therefore, the case is dismissed with prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2015

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-04075-VC Document 62 Filed 02/20/15 Page 1 of 1