American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Highland Park Board of Education

Because I find that equity does not require tolling in this case where the plaintiffs had over five and one-half years to file their *99breach of contract claims, I dissent. I would hold that the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court’s finding that plaintiff’s breach of contract action was time-barred.

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I would hold that tolling is inappropriate either during the first four steps of the grievance process, or during the last step, nonbinding and permissive arbitration.1

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The United States Supreme Court acknowledged that the federal rule regarding exhaustion of administrative remedies…