Opinion ID: 541803
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Hybrid Claim.

Text: 13 Appellants' last allegation is that ALPA essentially neglected its duty to consider the effects of the Termination Agreement on the disabled pilots by agreeing that the excess assets should go to the active pilots. The district court ruled that this allegation raised a hybrid claim under the Railway Labor Act and ERISA, and that a six-month limitations period controlled. DelCostello v. International Bhd. of Teamsters, 462 U.S. 151, 172, 103 S.Ct. 2281, 2294, 76 L.Ed.2d 476 (1983) (holding that a six-month limitations period applies for breach of duty of fair representation claims under the National Labor Relations Act). The court rejected appellants' contention that ERISA's three-year statute of limitations applies, see 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1113(a)(2) (Supp. V 1987), and held the claim as time-barred. 14