1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 589 F.2d
  5. 589 F.2d 771 (1978)
 

HOWARD v. ALUMINUM WORKERS INTERN., ETC.

No. 77-1046.

589 F.2d 771 (1978)

David L. HOWARD, Douglas R. Branch, Herbert W. Cumbea, Ulric S. Sledd, Jr., Clarence W. Holmes, Tommie M. Lawrence, Jerry Ancarrow, Douglas E. Crawley, Jerry Pleasants, Paul Tedder, Nelson Cook, Louis Brown, Sr., Richard A. Cotman, Robert Graves, Jr., Cora Lee Melton, Herbert A. Willis, Sr., Eugene R. McCray, Edward S. Fleming, Elsie Shinault, Donald C. Knight, George O. Burnett, Earl E. Graves, Helene M. Chapman, Helene LeGrande, Mary E. Stanton, Sherwood A. Harris, M. B. Burton, Marshall S. Caudle, Ruth Banks, Raymond Robinson, Thomas Patterson, Kenneth Edmons, Theodore James, Joseph Eddy, Jr., on their behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, Appellants, v. ALUMINUM WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION AND LOCAL 400, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas McGrath, Richmond, Va. (McGrath & Geary, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Thomas P. Powers, Washington, D. C. (Donald M. Murtha, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

Howard's complaint was dismissed as time-barred by the two-year statute of limitations governing personal injury suits contained in § 8-24 Virginia Code Ann. (1957 Repl.Vol.).1 He appeals and we affirm.

On May 12, 1976, Howard and thirty-three of his co-workers filed suit against the Aluminum Workers union and its Richmond local alleging the unions had broken the duty of fair representation imposed...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases