Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

ORDER
Appellant, Seoble, sued appellees, Detroit Coil Co. and the International Association of Machinists (both Local # 82 and the International) pursuant to § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act. In general, she alleged that she had been wrongfully discharged as an employee of Detroit Coil in violation of the collective bargaining contract and that the defendant unions had failed to represent her fairly upon her filing of a grievance pursuant to the contract. Seoble also based her claim on a denial of due process and equal protection under the U. S. Constitution. Seoble further, on a theory of pendent jurisdiction, sued these defendants on alleged claims based on Michigan law.
The district court granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment with respect to Scoble’s claims under federal law and, having done so, declined to entertain jurisdiction and therefore also dismissed without prejudice the pendent claims under state law.
Although it is difficult to define Scoble’s claim under due process and equal protection, we understand it to be that if her rights are not adequately protected by § 301 and the collective bargaining contract, due process and equal protection require the application of a stricter standard to be met by the employer and the unions. We agree with the district court that, without the collective bargaining contract negotiated by the unions, Scoble would have no right vis-a-vis the employer to continued employment and therefore the contract and relevant federal law under § 301 measure her right to continued employment. Accordingly, we determine that the district court properly granted summary judgment as to the due process and equal protection claims.
As stated, the district court granted summary judgment as to Scoble’s claim of breach of duty by the unions to fairly represent her (and therefore also dismissed Detroit Coil). The basis for the granting of summary judgment was that, from the undisputed record, as a matter of law it could not be said that the unions had not fairly represented Scoble. While we note that the district court had an extensive record to review in the form of depositions and affidavits, nonetheless at the summary judg-' ment stage, the district court could not properly grant the motion, as the district court recognized, unless such was required by the undisputed record. Upon our review of the record, we must disagree with the district judge and conclude that the record discloses disputed issues of fact on the question of fair representation. We must therefore reverse as to Scoble’s claim against the unions, and we must also reverse as to her claim against Detroit Coil (Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., 424 U.S. 554, 96 S.Ct. 1048, 47 L.Ed.2d 231 (1976)) under § 301.
Further, since we are reversing as to Scoble’s claims under § 301, it follows that we must reverse as to the dismissal without prejudice of the pendent claims under state law without indicating any view as to the possible validity of such claims.
It is therefore Ordered that the judgment below is affirmed as to dismissal of Scoble’s due process and equal protection claims and reversed as to the dismissal of the remaining claims.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B