No. 88-15365

939 F.2d 790 138 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2095 , 138 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2424 , 119 Lab.Cas. P 10,853 , 6 Indiv.Empl.Rts.Cas. 1355 CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patrick BRILEY; Manuel Cadena; John Dion; Leland Knisley; Jose Munoz; Robert Paz; Raymond Taber; John Whelpley, and Does 1 through 50, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-15365. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 1991. Decided July 25, 1991. As Amended Sept. 18, 1991. Robert K. Carrol, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff and Tichy, San Francisco, Cal., Eric A. Grover, for plaintiff-appellant. Robert E. Jesinger, Wylie, McBride, Jesinger & Sure, San Jose, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TANG, BOOCHEVER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 California Electric Company sued several of its former union employees for state law tort claims arising from the employees' voluntarily quitting employment. The district court dismissed the claims as preempted under federal labor law. We affirm. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2 The parties stipulated to the following facts before…