UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC
v.
CROWN CORK & SEAL CO., INC., Appellant (in No. 93-2008).
Charles A. THOMAS; Darren Boop; Robert W. Bower; William D. Bridge; James Clingan; Neal B. Housner; Jonathan L. Noaker; Wayne D. Orner; Gerald W. Ranck; Harold E. Van Sickle, Jr.; Richard A. Winter; Eugene L. Witmer, Sr., Appellants (in No. 93-7613),
v.
NORTH STAR STEEL COMPANY.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 24, 1994.
Decided August 10, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan D. Berkowitz (argued), Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant in No. 93-2008, Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.
David I. Goldman (argued), Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee in No. 93-2008, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC.
Robin S. Conrad, Washington, DC, for amicus appellant Chamber Commerce US in No. 93-2008, for amicus-appellee Chamber Commerce US in No. 93-7613.
Paul A. Levy (argued), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Appellants in No. 93-7613, Charles A. Thomas, Darren S. Boop, Robert W. Bower, William D. Bridge, James Clingan, Neal B. Housner, Jonathan L. Noaker (whose name is misspelled in some pleadings as "Nooker"), Wayne D. Orner, Gerald W. Ranck, Harold E. Van Sickle, Jr., Richard A. Winter, Eugene L. Witmer, Sr.
Vincent Candiello (argued), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Harrisburg, PA, for appellee in No. 93-7613, North Star Steel Co., Inc.
Joseph S. Hornack, Cynthia S. Akers, Healey, Davidson & Hornack, Pittsburgh, PA, for amicus-appellants in No. 93-7613, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Intern. Union, AFL-CIO, United Mine Workers of America, Intern. Union, NLG/Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, Intern. Union, United Auto., Aerospace & Agri. Implement Workers of America, UAW.
Before: COWEN and ROTH, Circuit Judges, ACKERMAN, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, Senior District Judge.
These two cases present the following discrete issue: In an action brought pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ("WARN"), a statute which, like so many others, fails to explicitly provide a statute of limitations, should we follow the general rule and borrow a state statute of limitations or should we instead opt for the six-month statute...
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