Legal Opinion
Richard Graves v. Smith's Transfer Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 18, 1984No. 84-1039PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The only issue in this case is whether DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, et al., 462 U.S. 151, 103 S.Ct. 2281, 76 L.Ed.2d 476 (1983), should be applied retroactively. In DelCostello, the Court held that the applicable statute of limitations in a case such as this brought under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. § 185, is the six-month period prescribed in § 10(b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 160(b). For the reasons that follow, we rule that DelCostello must be applied retroactively and affirm the district court’s finding…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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