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012631P.pdf   10/21/2002  Ron Thomas, et al  v.  Union Pacific RR Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-2631
   Southern District of Iowa   
   Civil case - labor law. Plaintiffs' claim that they were 
   not rehired because of their whistleblower activities was 
   not preempted by the Railway Labor Act because it did not 
   involve interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement; 
   however, the release plaintiffs signed when they accepted 
   buy-out barred the claim; dissent by Judge Richard S. Arnold.