United States Seventh Circuit

Mine workers' failure to exhaust internal union procedures, prior to bringing suit against their union under the Labor Management Relations Act, is not excused for union's alleged hostility to plaintiffs' claims, or because such exhaustion would unduly delay opportunity for a judicial hearing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/03/2001
• Decided 06/07/2002
• Published 06/10/2002

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before:  POSNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John D. Papageorge (argued), Sommer & Barnard, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy A. Hillman, Indianapolis, IN, Mark J. Murphy (argued), Mooney, Green, Gleason, Baker, Gibson & Saindon, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.