Legal Opinion
Buchholtz v. Swift & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1979No. Nos. 78-1559, 78-1573, 78-1596PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Swift & Company (Swift) and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (Amalgamated) appeal from an adverse judgment in the district court, after a trial to the court, which held them liable for over $1,000,000 in damages.
The plaintiffs are a class of former Swift employees who pursued claims against their former employer and former union for breach of the collective bargaining agreement and breach of the duty of fair representation.
This claim arose out of Swift’s closing of its South St. Paul, Minnesota meat packing plant on November 29,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gene Detroy v. American Guild of Variety Artists, Joey Adams, as Its President and Joe Smith, as Its TreasurerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Edward A. Winter v. Local Union No. 639, Affiliated With the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Maloney Concrete Company (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Washington NEAL Et Al., Appellants, v. SYSTEM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD) Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Eugene Joseph White, Cross-Appellee v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. And Local 580, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Robert Anderson, Jr. v. Alpha Portland Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Rowell v. Jones & Vining, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
- McPhetridge v. IBEW, Local Union No. 53Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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