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RUZICKA v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 36598.

519 F.Supp. 893 (1981)

William RUZICKA, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, U.A.W., and its Local Union 166, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

August 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Dinges, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

J. R. Wheatley, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors.

M. Jay Whitman, UAW, Detroit, Mich., for UAW.

OPINION

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

William Ruzicka was discharged by General Motors Corporation ("G.M.") in 1970 for being intoxicated on the job and using threatening and abusive language to his supervisors. He filed a grievance through United Automobile Workers ("U.A.W.") Local 166, claiming that discharge was an unduly harsh penalty for his behavior. After he tried for over a year to obtain a hearing on the merits...

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