LYDON v. BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL CO.

No. 98-1978.

175 F.3d 6 (1999)

Joseph LYDON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Masteralexis, for appellant.

Robert P. Corcoran, with whom Gleeson & Corcoran was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.


SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

This labor dispute presents a collision at the intersection of judicial doctrines that in this instance would operate at cross-purposes: on the one hand the doctrine of complete federal preemption, and on the other hand both the limitations on that doctrine and the independent principle of judicial estoppel. Appellant Joseph Lydon ("Lydon") has sought to resolve his quarrel with his employer, appellee Boston Sand and Gravel Co. ("Boston...

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