Legal Opinion
Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Reis
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 4, 1981No. 79-1777PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
In Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co., 370 U. S. 238 (1962), the Court held that § 301 (a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, 61 Stat. 156, 29 U. S. C. § 185 (a), does not authorize a damages action against individual union officers and members when their union is liable for violating a no-strike clause in a collective-bargaining agreement. We expressly reserved the question whether an employer might maintain a suit for damages against “individual defendants acting not in behalf of the union but in their personal and nonunion capacity” where their “unauthorized, individual action”…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Charles Dowd Box Co. v. CourtneySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by151 opinions
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- James E. Peterson v. Harold Kennedy, Richard A. Berthelsen, and National Football League Players AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Brenner v. Local 514, United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Jacksonville Bulk Terminals, Inc. v. International Longshoremen's Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Charles D. Bonanno Linen Service, Inc. v. William J. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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