Legal Opinion
Dahnke v. Teamsters Local 695
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1990No. Nos. 88-3156, 88-3217 and 88-3238PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Frederick Dahnke, an employee at Stokely USA’s Poynette, Wisconsin facility, was fired after he accrued twelve points under the company’s No Fault Absentee Program. He challenged his termination, arguing that Stokely discharged him without just cause and that Teamsters Local 695 breached its statutory duty to represent him fairly. The district court awarded summary judgment to the defendants and imposed Rule 11 sanctions on the plaintiff and his lawyer. We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.
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In May 1980, Stokely hired Frederick Dahnke as a fork-lift operator. As…
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