Legal Opinion
William D. Hammons, Jerome Alexander Durning and William D. Hammons, III v. Oscar Adams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1986No. 84-3628PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Two union members sued their international and local unions, the business agent of the local union, and a vice president of the international union for failing to provide fair representation and for violating the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. They contended that the union’s business agent had discriminated against them in job referrals from a hiring hall run by the union under an agreement between it and local employers, and that both the international and local unions had breached their duty of fair representation by refusing to process the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ford Motor Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Robert A. Bache, Jr. v. American Telephone and Telegraph, Etc., Jo B. Bankston v. American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Carolyn Carey v. American Telephone and Telegraph Information Systems, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Robert Guidry, Cross-Appellant v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 406, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Joseph E. O'Neill v. Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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