Pimental v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• emotional distress claim based on attendance policy preempted because it was covered by a codeetive bargaining agreement
• employee’s claims for breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional infliction of emotional distress were preempted by section 301
• emotional distress claim arising out of application of attendance policy pre-empted because “determination of both the scope of Alumax’s control over the attendance policy and any consequences flowing from a violation of the policy are dependent upon an analysis of the [CBA]”
• employee must bring claim under § 301 within six months
• emo-tional distress claim arising out of application of attendance policy pre-empted because "determination of both the scope of Alumax's control over the attendance policy and any consequences flowing from a violation of the policy are dependent upon an analysis of the [CBA] ”