Legal Opinion

Guy W. Kissinger v. United States Postal Service

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 24, 1986No. 86-1033PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

Guy W. Kissinger, a former employee of the United States Postal Service, alleges that the Service dismissed him without “just cause” in violation of a collective bargaining agreement and that his Union, Local No. 301, National Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers & Group Leaders Division of the Laborers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, breached its duty of fair representation in failing to take his grievance to arbitration. The district court, in granting defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, held that Kissinger’s pleas of guilty to two counts of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. Michael Budzanoski, in No. 71-2030, and John Seddon. Appeal of John Seddon, No. 71-2031Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  3. Ruby Weston v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
  4. United States Postal Service v. American Postal Workers Union, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  5. Joseph A. Yacovone v. William F. Bolger, Postmaster General of the U. S.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Sharon Laurin v. The Providence Hospital and Massachusetts Nurses AssociationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  2. Achilli v. John J. Nissen Baking Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  3. DiPinto v. SperlingCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  4. Hussey v. QUEBECOR PRINTING PROVIDENCE INC.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1998
  5. Diaz v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1987

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