Legal Opinion
Occidental Chemical Corporation v. International Chemical Workers Union Local 820 International Chemical Workers Union
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1988No. 87-1728PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to determine the most appropriate statute of limitations to apply in a case from Michigan, brought pursuant to § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (LMRA) to vacate an arbitration award. The employer filed this action approximately five months after the arbitrator released his opinion and award. The district court applied the three-month limitations period found in § 12 of the United States Arbitration Act (USAA) and dismissed the suit as untimely.
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The district court did not reach the merits of the case and we will not discuss the…
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