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091122P.pdf   03/12/2010  Stephen Holschen  v.  Intl Union of Painters
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1122
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. State law claim for interference with a business expectancy was preempted by Section 301of the Labor Management Relations Act; district court did not err in granting defendants summary judgment on plaintiff's claim the trial board was biased against him as there was some evidence to support some of the charges brought against him; trial court's evidentiary rulings were not an abuse of its discretion; district court did not err in directing a verdict on plaintiff's claim that he was denied a full and fair hearing; nor did the court err in directing a verdict on his free-speech/retaliation claim. Judge Colloton, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.