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201932P.pdf 06/28/2021 Scott T. Richardson v. BNSF Railway Company
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-1932
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Colloton and Grasz, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Railroad Labor Act. The Act divested the district court of
subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's constructive-discharge claim
and the claim was properly dismissed; the court erred in dismissing
plaintiff's claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress under
Rule 12(b)(1) as that claim can be resolved without interpreting the
collective bargaining agreement, and the court did have subject-matter
jurisdiction over the claim; however, dismissal of the claim was
appropriate under Rule 12(b)(6) as the complaint failed to state a claim
of intentional infliction of emotional distress under Nebraska law no
matter what the collective bargaining agreement says.