Legal Opinion
Callahan v. New Mexico Federation of Teachers-TVI
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 2006No. 28,983PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} This case examines the scope of a public employee union’s liability to its members for alleged inadequate representation during a grievance proceeding. Plaintiffs, who were members of the New Mexico Federation of Teachers-TVI, Albuquerque TVI Faculty Federation Local No. 4974 AFT, NMFT, and the American Federation of Teachers (“Union Defendants”), were fired from their jobs as full-time teachers at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (“TVI”). Plaintiffs requested Union Defendants to represent them in a grievance against TVI seeking reinstatement and back pay…
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