Howell v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiff, Roger Howell, appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs former employer, General Motors Corporation (GM), and his union, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Local 969 (UAW Local 969). Plaintiffs hybrid § 301/fair representation claims alleged breach of contract by GM, see 29 U.S.C. § 185, and breach of the duty of fair representation by the union, see Vaca v. Sipes, 386 U.S. 171, 177, 87 S.Ct. 903, 17 L.Ed.2d 842 (1967). Plaintiff argues that the district court erred in finding that the hybrid §…