Court Opinion

ID: 9553514
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:30:46.571749+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:31:27.214757
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Brachtenbach, J.
(concurring) — I concur in the result only. I note that the majority opinion refers to and relies upon two "models" as the basis of its analysis. My research shows that the so-called "White" model, White, Section 301's Preemption of State Law Claims: A Model for Analysis, 41 Ala. L. Rev. 377, 417, 425-26 (1989-1990), has never been cited by a majority in any case. The "Marcus" model is from a student note. Note, The Need for a New Approach to Federal Preemption of Union Members' State Law Claims, 99 Yale L.J. 209, 215 (1989-1990). The Note has been cited *140by only one appellate court and two trial courts. Galvez v. Kuhn, 933 F.2d 773, 776, 780 (9th Cir. 1991) (citing Note for proposition that federal preemption of state labor law has been a confused area of federal litigation and for idea that employers might try to sidestep state law by injecting invalid defenses); Singh v. Trustees of Estate of Lunalilo, 779 F. Supp. 1265, 1268 (D. Hawaii 1991) (actually citing Galvez' citation of Note for proposition that area of law is confused); Smith v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., 752 F. Supp. 273, 277 (S.D. Ind. 1990) (citing Note for proposition that Lingle v. Norge Div. of Magic Chef, Inc., 486 U.S. 399, 100 L. Ed. 2d 410, 108 S. Ct. 1877 (1988) broadened the preemptive force of section 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947), aff’d, 943 F.2d 764 (7th Cir. 1991).
Surely there is better authority for a reasoned opinion.
Andersen, J., concurs with Brachtenbach, J.