Thursday, October 11th, 2007
DAlaska: No Federal Jurisdiction Over Private USERRA Claims against State Defendants
Judge Burgess: Such claims may be brought only in state court
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 USC § 4301 et seq. (USERRA), authorizes suits against both state and private employers. While USERRA has always provided that suits against private employers may be brought in federal court, it was amended in 1998 to provided that […]