Legal Opinion
West v. Conrail
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 6, 1987No. 85-1804PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Petitioner Thomas West brought a “hybrid” suit against his employer, his union, and his union representative under the Railway Labor Act. He alleged that the employer had breached the collective-bargaining agreement and that the union and its representative had breached their duty of fair representation. The parties agree, for the purpose of our review of the Court of Appeals’ judgment, that petitioner’s cause of action accrued on March 25,1984, the date petitioner learned of the alleged breach of the union’s duty of fair representation. His complaint was filed on September 24, 1984, less…
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