Legal Opinion
Pattison v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 24, 1991No. 89-P-383 & 89-P-384PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On March 18, 1985, Nina Pattison, a public employee serving at the Quincy City Hospital as director of volunteer services, received a letter from Margaret Corbett, on behalf of the employer Hospital, “terminating” her. She wished to “grieve” her dismissal but, she asserts, her relevant collective bargaining agent, Quincy City Employees Union, H.L.P.E, failed arbitrarily to press the grievance on her behalf and ultimately to request arbitration, thus encompassing violations of its duty of fair representation (DFR).
In undertaking litigation, Pattison would have done well to seek a forum that…
2Cases cited19 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
- Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. LockridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bowen v. United States Postal ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
- City of Lynn v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Felton v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- Best v. RomeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994
- National Ass'n of Government Employees v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Switzer v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
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