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AIR LINE PILOTS ASS'N v. O'NEILL

No. 89-1493.

499 U.S. 65 (1991)

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL v. O'NEILL ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided March 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Gold argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Harold G. Levison, Jed S. Rakoff, David Silberman, Gary Green, and John A. Irvine.

Marty Harper argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were John P. Frank, Allen R. Clarke, and Janet Napolitano.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to clarify the standard that governs a claim that a union has breached its duty of fair representation in its negotiation of a back-to-work agreement terminating a strike. We hold that the rule announced in Vaca v. Sipes, 386 U.S. 171, 190 (1967)—that a union breaches its duty of fair representation if its actions are either "arbitrary, discriminatory...

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