Henegar V. Banta

RYAN, Circuit Judge. In an order granting summary judgment, a federal district court dismissed Kenneth D. Henegar's defamation suit against William M. Banta, his former superior at the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Henegar has appealed and presents us with a single issue: whether the district court erred in concluding that Henegar's defamation claim was "inextricably intertwined" with the collective bargaining agreement between Henegar's union and the railroad, and consequently, was preempted under the Railway Labor Act. 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. We think the district court did not err and we affirm.