Legal Opinion
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1300 v. Lovelace
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 4, 2015No. 25/14PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
Maryland law has long recognized the rule that a union member must exhaust the union’s internal remedies before filing suit in court. Walsh v. Commc’ns Workers of Am., Local 2336, 259 Md. 608, 612, 271 A.2d 148, 150 (1970). If these procedures are procedurally or substantively inadequate, however, exhaustion is excused. Id. In this case, we consider whether union remedies are inadequate when they do not provide the monetary damages a union member1 seeks *562when he sues his union and a fellow union member for defamation.
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Respondent, William T. Lovelace, Jr., worked for…
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- Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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