Legal Opinion
Civil Service Bar Ass'n v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1984PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
A union does not violate its duty of fair representation when it settles an appeal from an order confirming an arbitration award by agreeing to surrender or to diminution of benefits awarded in arbitration to some employees in exchange for benefits to other employees not affected by the original award, in the absence of arbitrary, discriminatory or bad-faith conduct by the union. In the circumstances of this case, the Appellate Division did not err in its determination that the Union did not engage in such conduct.
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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
- Humphrey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Board of Education v. AmbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Baker v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Cunningham v. Local 30, International Union of Operating EngineersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- Margolin v. NewmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Clissuras v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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