ALLEN v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

No. A03-1752.

680 N.W.2d 560 (2004)

Willie ALLEN, Appellant, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY, Respondent, Minnesota Teamster Public and Law Enforcement Employees' Union Local No. 320, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

June 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Fling, Edina, MN, for appellant.

Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Martin D. Munic, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Hennepin County.

Patrick J. Kelly, Sarah J. Sonsalla, Kelly & Fawcett, P.A., St. Paul, MN, for respondent Minnesota Teamsters Public and Law Enforcement Employees' Union Local No. 320.

Karin E. Peterson, Ann E. Walther, Rice, Michels & Johnson, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Amicus Curiae for Brooklyn Park Police Federation, International Association of Firefighters, Local 82, The Minnesota State Patrol Troopers Association, Olmsted County Sheriffs Deputies Association, The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, and the St. Paul Supervisors Association.

Considered and decided by HARTEN, Presiding Judge; HALBROOKS, Judge; and MINGE, Judge.


OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

Appellant employee challenges the district court's dismissal of his claims of wrongful discharge against his employer and breach of the duty of fair representation against his union for being untimely. He argues that rather than the 90-day statute of limitations for vacating arbitration awards under the Uniform Arbitration Act, the court should have applied the six-month period found in federal labor law, or alternatively, the six...

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