Granting summary judgment as the city's arguments were considered speculation and this was "patently inadequate to establish the existence of a factual issue requiring a trial . . ."
386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,171 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"
495 U.S. 362 (1990) Cited 560 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that union could contractually undertake, in collective bargaining agreement, other duties towards member employees in addition to statutorily-imposed duty of fair representation
Holding that the union did not breach its duty of fair representation in negotiating a deal which favored some members of the same bargaining unit over others
Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"
322 U.S. 694 (1944) Cited 603 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination “is a purely personal one” that “cannot be utilized by or on behalf of any organization, such as a corporation”
Holding that in negligent misrepresentation cases, the relationship between the parties must "be one of contract or the bond between them so close as to be the functional equivalent of contractual privity"