eBook details
- Title: Ryan V. General Motors Corp.
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 07, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
Plaintiff Kenneth Ryan ("Ryan") appeals from the judgment of the district court granting defendants' motions for summary judgment. The court held that Ryan failed to: (1) exhaust his administrative remedies; (2) demonstrate that during his union appeals, either the United Auto Workers International Union ("International Union") or the United Auto Workers Local 735 ("Local 735") acted in bad faith; and (3) show that the actions of either the International Union or Local 735 constituted a breach of their duty of fair representation. The court also held that Ryan failed to sustain his breach of contract claim against General Motors Corporation ("General Motors") under § 301 of the Taft-Hartley Act. The court concluded that even assuming the exhaustion of administrative remedies was futile, Ryan failed to file suit within six months of the breach of the duty of fair representation. See Del Costello v. Teamsters, 462 U.S. 151, 76 L. Ed. 2d 476, 103 S. Ct. 2281 (1983). For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM.