Virginia A. Wilcoxen v. Kroger Food Stores and Local Union No. 88 Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America

This case is on appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. 1 Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (Supp.1983). The district court, 545 F.Supp. 1019, granted summary judgment in favor of appellees, Kroger Food Stores and Local Union No. 88, on the basis that the suit filed under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1978) was not timely filed. This appeal followed.

Wilcoxen had been working full time for Kroger Food Stores and subsequently she became a part-time employee. At some point during…