Legal Opinion
Bowen v. United States Postal Service
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 11, 1983No. 81-525PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The issue is whether a union may be held primarily liable for that part of a wrongfully discharged employee’s damages caused by his union’s breach of its duty of fair representation.
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On February 21, 1976, following an altercation with another employee, petitioner Charles V. Bowen was suspended without pay from his position with the United States Postal Service. Bowen was a member of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, the recognized collective-bargaining agent for Service employees. After Bowen was formally terminated on March 30, 1976, he filed a grievance with the Union as provided…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by281 opinions
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- Wilds v. United Parcel Service, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
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