Legal Opinion

Fizer v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 6, 1978No. 77-1960PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action in the district court for the District of Colorado under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, alleging a wrongful discharge by employer Safeway and a violation of the Union’s duty to fairly represent him during the course of grievance procedures. These procedures went to arbitration and resulted in a decision that plaintiff was properly discharged for on-the-job intoxication. The plaintiff was represented during the arbitration by both a Union attorney and private counsel.

In his § 301 complaint he seeks to have the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Republic Steel Corp. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Glover v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Brady v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  5. Al Orphan v. Furnco Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Arthur Fallick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  3. Dorothy T. Makar Anthony L. Makar, Her Husband v. Health Care Corporation of the Mid-Atlantic (Carefirst) Provident Life & Accident Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. Carl Johnson v. General Motors, a Delaware Corp., International Union, United Autoworkers (Uaw) Local Union 424, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  5. Questech, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989

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