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MEEKINS v. UNITED TRANSP. UNION

No. 90-1773.

946 F.2d 1054 (1991)

V.N. MEEKINS, L.A. Koenig, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1991.

As Amended November 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton Joseph Miller, III, Asst. Gen. Counsel, United Transp. Union, Cleveland, Ohio, argued (Jay J. Levit, Levit & Mann, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Robert Patrick Geary, Richmond, Va., argued, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HALL, Circuit Judge, CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

OPINION

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Meekins and Koenig sued their union, United Transportation Union (UTU), alleging breach of the union's duty of fair representation under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-88, and the district court ruled in their favor. UTU appeals, asserting that plaintiffs' action was barred by the statute of limitations and res judicata. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1970, plaintiffs' former...

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