Adkins V. United Mine Workers Of America

Clarence M. Adkins and 306 other miners in Kentucky*fn1 sued defendant Union*fn2 under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act in 1988. The plaintiffs asserted that they were "all former employees of either Leslie Coal Mining Company (Leslie) or McInnes Coal Mining Co. (McInnes)" and members of the defendant Union (UMWA), which was the "exclusive bargaining representative for employees of Leslie and McInnes."