1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 367 F.2d
  5. 367 F.2d 489 (1966)
 

THOMPSON v. BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS

No. 10251.

367 F.2d 489 (1966)

Fred THOMPSON, Appellee, v. BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS, an Unincorporated Railroad Labor Organization, National in Scope, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Nettles, Columbia, S. C. (Ernest Fleischman, and Delson & Gordon, New York City, on brief), for appellant.

Richard G. Dusenbury and Bernard D. Dusenbury, Florence, S. C. (Dusenbury, Dusenbury & McKenzie, Florence, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

This action for damages against a union for breach of its duty of fair representation came before this court initially on review of a directed verdict in favor of the defendant union, granted at the close of the plaintiff's case. In that posture, after reviewing the complaint and the plaintiff's evidence, we concluded that the plaintiff had stated a cause of action. We held that the union could not be relieved of liability as a matter of law...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases