Gray v. Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 540, 84-1096
| Decision Date | 20 July 1984 |
| Docket Number | No. 84-1096,84-1096 |
| Citation | 736 F.2d 1055 |
| Parties | 116 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3173, 101 Lab.Cas. P 11,118 Pink GRAY and L.C. Robinson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS LOCAL 540 and Safeway Stores, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Summary Calendar. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Les Weisbrod, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman, G. William Baab, Dallas, Tex., for Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 540.
Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis, Allen Butler, Michael P. Maslanka, Dallas, Tex., for Safeway Stores.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Before TATE, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of their suit because of the running of the statute of limitations. DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 2281, 76 L.Ed.2d 476 (1983) established a six-month limitations period for employees' suits against an employer and a union under section 301 of the LMRA. Plaintiffs argue that Edwards v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., 720 F.2d 857 (5th Cir.1983) established that the retroactivity of DelCostello is to be determined on a case-by-case basis, and that the circumstances of this case militate against retroactive application. Plaintiffs' interpretation of Edwards, however, is incorrect. Edwards established that DelCostello is to be applied retroactively to all cases in our circuit. See Farr v. H.K. Porter, Inc., 727 F.2d 502, 505 (5th Cir.1984); Edwards, 720 F.2d at 859 ( ).
Accordingly, the judgment of the court below is AFFIRMED.
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