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· 8/6/1993

Timothy J. Rogers v. The Board of Education of the Buena Vista Schools the Buena Vista Education Association and the Michigan Education Association

Citations

  • 2 F.3d 163
  • 143 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3083
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 20131
  • 62 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,615
  • 62 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 887
  • 1993 WL 291772

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the district court properly dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint for failure to exhaust his internal union remedies because, although plaintiff’s grievance could not be reactivated, the union could award all the money damages the plaintiff sought
  • noting that in the context of mandatory internal union appeals by employees seeking to reinstate a grievance, “[s]imple ignorance is no excuse for failure to exhaust”
  • requiring exhaustion where the union’s internal procedures provided monetary damages
  • “Simple ignorance is no excuse for failure to exhaust.”
  • “Simple ignorance is no excuse for failure to exhaust.”

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Judges: Keith, Suhrheinrich, Lively

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