United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, United Parcel Service and a union, on plaintiffs' various claims of employment discrimination and breach of the duty of fair representation is affirmed where: 1) there was no abuse of discretion in a decision to disregard plaintiffs' statement of controverted facts and responses to defendants' statements as a sanction for a local rule violation; and 2) summary judgment on plaintiffs' claims on the remaining record was appropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2006
• Published 08/22/2006

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before COLLOTON, HEANEY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas R. Buchanan, argued, Kansas City, MO (Alleen Castellani VanBebber and Linda C. McFee, on the brief), for appellant Jones.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas B. Weaver, argued, St. Louis, MO (Daniel K. O'Toole, on the brief), for appellee UPS., G. Gordon Atechson, argued, Westwood, KS, for appellee Local 41.