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Acosta v. Hovensa, LLC

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided February 23, 2010No. Civil No. 1:08-cv-00089PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFinch, Senior Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(February 23, 2010)

I. Introduction

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendants United Steelworkers Union, United Steelworkers Local 8526 and Hovensa’s (collectively “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiffs Edelmino Acosta, Jr., Oliver Montoya and Humberto Figueroa (“Plaintiffs”) allege that Hovensa incorrectly promoted their coworkers over them in violation of their Collective Bargaining Agreement and that their Unions, the United Steelworkers Union and its local chapter (“Union Defendants”), violated their duty of fair representation by failing to pursue their…

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