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· 12/20/1982

National Labor Relations Board v. Butts

Citations

  • 554 F. Supp. 136
  • 112 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3013
  • 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16789

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that “[pjecuniary loss is a very real factor to be considered in determining whether prejudice to the defendant exists”
  • noting that the length of the delay reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard. Churma v.United States Steel Corp., 514 F.2d 589, 593 (3d Cir. 1975
  • defendant’s payment of employee wages to another to do plaintiff’s work for more than nine years is a “very real factor” in determining whether prejudice exists
  • statute of limitations applies to legal claims, laches applies to equitable claims
  • applying 1713 Act to veteran’s seniority status claim
  • “If a plaintiff sleeps on his rights for a period of time greater than the applicable statute of limitations, then ‘the plaintiff (must) . . . come forward and prove that his delay was excusable and that it did not . . . prejudice the defendant.’”

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Judges: Cassibry

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