Legal Opinion
American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 1987No. 86-5611, 86-5612PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to undertake the sometimes hazardous task of choosing an appropriate limitations period to govern a federal statutory action that provides none. The plaintiff, American Postal Workers Union (“the Union”), brought suit in two cases to vacate arbitration awards rendered pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the United States Postal Service (“the Postal Service”). The district court dismissed the complaints, holding them both to be untimely, and in Appeal No. 86-5611, holding that the Local Union lacked standing to sue under the…
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