WHITE v. NATIONAL STEEL CORP.

Nos. 90-3036, 90-3053.

938 F.2d 474 (1991)

Arthur Dale WHITE, James Anderson, James H. Baker, Thomas A. Balon, Richard S. Barber, Larry G. Bell, David S. Bickler, Robert L. Billick, Edward Bittner, Todd A. Blair, Richard Blancato, Robert A. Bray, Jr., Harry V. Brown, Jr., James H. Browning, James William Bullock, Charles A. Clark, Edward Dhayer, Ralph Anthony Dibacco, William R. Duncan, Jr., Domenic F. Frio, Dorsey R. Garrett, William F. Garrison, James A. Gracie, III, Thomas M. Grishkevich, David R. Harbin, James W. Hazlett, Rena Hess, Phillip E. Johnson, Jerry G. Jones, Robert L. Jones, Joseph P. Karas, Bartley Robert Kirkbride, Lloyd A. Klages, David J. Kondik, Frank W. Kruger, Jr., Charles L. Lacey, Timothy C. Lawson, Ernest H. McCormick, Joseph W. Mayernick, Boley Dale Mermon, Patricia Mlodzik, Charles D. Murray, Dale E. Poole, Charles Prince, Larry C. Riggle, William B. Riggs, Robert J. Ryan, Jr., John S. Sciance, Kenneth M. Seiple, John R. Selmon, Jr., Dennis D. Shirer, Ronald L. Spring, Robert L. Sutton, Frederick C. Tate, Stephen F. Tucker, Hoy L. Van Horn, Frederick R. Welshans, Charles F. West, Donald L. White, John W. Cominsky, Walter F. Mrozek, Dominic A. Tedeschi, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. Arthur Dale WHITE, James Anderson, James H. Baker, Thomas A. Balon, Richard S. Barber, Larry G. Bell, David S. Bickler, Robert L. Billick, Edward Bittner, Todd A. Blair, Richard Blancato, Robert A. Bray, Jr., Harry V. Brown, Jr., James H. Browning, James William Bullock, Charles A. Clark, Edward Dhayer, Ralph Anthony Dibacco, William R. Duncan, Jr., Domenic F. Frio, Dorsey R. Garrett, William F. Garrison, James A. Gracie, III, Thomas M. Grishkevich, David R. Harbin, James W. Hazlett, Rena Hess, Phillip E. Johnson, Jerry G. Jones, Robert L. Jones, Joseph P. Karas, Bartley Robert Kirkbride, Lloyd A. Klages, David J. Kondik, Frank W. Kruger, Jr., Charles L. Lacey, Timothy C. Lawson, Ernest H. McCormick, Joseph W. Mayernick, Boley Dale Mermon, Patricia Mlodzik, Charles D. Murray, Dale E. Poole, Charles Prince, Larry C. Riggle, William B. Riggs, Robert J. Ryan, Jr., John S. Sciance, Kenneth M. Seiple, John R. Selmon, Jr., Dennis D. Shirer, Ronald L. Spring, Robert L. Sutton, Frederick C. Tate, Stephen F. Tucker, Hoy L. Van Horn, Frederick R. Welshans, Charles F. West, Donald L. White, John W. Cominsky, Walter F. Mrozek, Dominic A. Tedeschi, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl H. Hellerstedt, Jr., argued, Volk, Frankovitch, Anetakis, Recht, Robertson & Hellerstedt (Carl Nicholas Frankovitch, John Archer McCreary, Jr., on brief), Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald George Backer, argued, Rothman, Gordon, Foreman & Groudine, P.C. (William P. Bresnahan, Henry C. Berns, on brief), Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before SPROUSE and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and ELLIS, District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the proper scope of federal and state regulation of employment relationships. The issues arise from layoffs of steel workers which occurred in 1982 at the Weirton Division of the National Steel Corporation in West Virginia. The plaintiffs are former union members who accepted management positions after National Steel allegedly made them promises of job security, including the right to return to their former positions in...

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