SMITH v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 82-1822, 82-5676 and 83-3414.

747 F.2d 372 (1984)

Judy A. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. David FULKERSON, Edward Latham, Jr., Johnny Perry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Robert Wolfe, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Local 817 of the International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, Defendants-Appellees. Dennis J. McCONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAINBO BAKING COMPANY; International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Local 114, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Pitt (argued), Kelman, Loria, Downing, Schneider & Simpson, Detroit, Mich., for Smith.

Mark R. Flora (argued), Daniel Galant, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.

A. Campbell Ewen (argued), Ewen, MacKenzie & Peden, Bill V. Seiller, Rice, Porter & Seiller, Louisville, Ky., for Fulkerson, Latham and Perry.

Herb Segal, Alphonso O'Neil-White, Louisville, Ky., M. Jay Whitman (argued), Detroit, Mich., Walter Lapp Sales, Louisville, Ky., for UAW and Local 817.

Galen J. White (argued), Edward Stopher, Louisville, Ky., for International Harvester.

Arthur M. Goldberg, Gen. Counsel, George Kirschenbaum, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, New York City, for amicus curiae AFL-CIO.

Daniel J. Picard (argued), Middletown, Ohio, for McConnell.

Michael W. Hawkins, Mark A. Vanderlaan, Michael Glassman (argued), Cincinnati, Ohio, Sorrell Logothetis (argued), Dayton, Ohio, for Rainbo Baking Co., et al.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge; and EDWARDS, ENGEL, KEITH, MERRITT, KENNEDY, MARTIN, JONES, CONTIE, KRUPANSKY and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in these three cases is whether the decision in DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 462 U.S. 151, 103 S.Ct. 2281, 76 L.Ed.2d 476 (1983), establishing a six-month statute of limitations for hybrid, section 301/unfair representation claims, is to be given retroactive as well as prospective effect. A panel of this court heard oral arguments in Smith v. General...

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