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National Football League v. Williams

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on November 8, 2010.

Docket No.09-1380
Op. Below8th Circuit

Issue

Whether, when federal subject matter jurisdiction is not in question, defenses that require analysis of a collective-bargaining agreement may substantively preempt state-law claims under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, or whether such defenses are instead categorically irrelevant to preemption analysis.

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