Legal Opinion
Kenneth A. Johnson v. United States Postal Service and National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1985No. 84-3927PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth A. Johnson was discharged from the U.S. Postal Service following his conviction for third-degree theft arising from off-duty conduct. Johnson and his wife sued the Postal Service and his union for reinstatement, damages and backpay. The plaintiffs alleged breach of the collective bargaining agreement by the Postal Service and violation of the union’s duty of fair representation. Following presentation of the plaintiff’s case on liability, the district court granted the defendants’ Rule 41(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., 1 motions for dismissal and entered oral…
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