Legal Opinion
Schwartz v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2001No. 00-8045PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether a union breached its duty of fair representation to several members. The district court granted summary judgment to Defendant, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, and dismissed the case. Plaintiffs, primarily former union members, appeal. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Our recitation of the facts warrants some preliminary explanation. The summary judgment posture of the case compels us to view the evidence in the light most favorable to Plaintiffs, the nonmoving party below. See Bullington v.…
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