Patrick P. Staudner v. Robinson Aviation, Inc.

PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Patrick Staudner brought suit under § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (a), alleging that his union and his former employer breached the collective bargaining agreement that governed his employment. Specifically, he claims that his former employer wrongfully terminated him, and that his union breached its duty of fair representation in its handling of his resulting grievance.

The district court found that the collective bargaining agreement required Staudner to exhaust the agreement's grievance procedures before filing suit in federal…