United Steelworkers of Americ. v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, Senior District Judge.

These two cases present the following discrete issue: In an action brought pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. (‘WARN”), a statute which, like so many others, fails to explicitly provide a statute of limitations, should we follow the general rule and borrow a state statute of limitations or should we instead opt for the six-month statute of limitations set forth in section 10(b) of the federal National Labor Relations Act. The two cases present the identical issue for review…