Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Tuscan Dairy Farms, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 26, 1990No. 87 Civ. 7607 (MBM)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are former utility workers at the Ozone Park, New York plant of Liberty Farms, Inc., a milk processor and distributor. Utility workers work in the milk processing plant and deliver milk to schools or to customers who need supplemental deliveries or who order milk irregularly; they are distinguished from route workers, who deliver milk along regular routes. Plaintiffs claim that defendant William Whelan, sued here as Willie Whelan, president of the local union they belonged to, violated his and the union’s duty to represent them fairly in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- 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
- Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ernest Lewis v. Tuscan Dairy Farms, Inc. And Willie Whelan, as President of Local 584, International Brotherhood of TeamstersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Lewis v. WhelanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Lewis v. WhelanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Lewis v. Tuscan Dairy Farms, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Alier v. Tuscan Dairy Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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