DEGAN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 88-3162 Summary Calendar.

869 F.2d 889 (1989)

Sidney W. DEGAN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 13, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney W. Degan, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

G. Phillip Shuler, Kevin L. O'Dea, Julie D. Livaudais, New Orleans, La., for Ford Motor Co.

Jay Thomas Youngdahl, Deborah A. Jeon, Little Rock, Ark., for UA Local 855, Intern. Union, United Auto. Aerospace.

Before POLITZ, KING, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Sidney W. Degan, Jr., brought suit against his former employer and union, alleging breach of an oral agreement to pay special early-retirement benefits and full pension benefits as provided for in the retirement plan and agreement applicable to him. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants, holding that Degan's cause of action was in substance a hybrid section 301/fair representation suit against both employer...

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