Gunther
Gunther v. North Coast Cooperative, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 KENNETH GUNTHER, Case No. 20-cv-02325-RMI
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTION TO REMAND
10 v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 7, 10 11 NORTH COAST COOPERATIVE, INC., 12 Defendant.
13 14 Plaintiff filed suit in Humboldt County Superior Court against his former employer, North 15 Coast Cooperative, Inc. (“Defendant”), alleging ten causes of action – nine claims based on 16 California Labor Code Provisions and one claim based on California’s unfair business practices 17 provision. See Notice of Removal Ex. A (dkt. 1) at 14-43. Defendant removed the case invoking 18 this court’s federal question jurisdiction asserting that Section 301 of the Labor Relations 19 Management Act (“LMRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 185, preempted the state law claims. Plaintiff moved to 20 remand (dkt. 7), and Defendant filed a response in opposition (dkt. 10). 21 BACKGROUND 22 On February 25, 2020, Plaintiff filed a class action complaint in Humboldt Superior Court. 23 …