BOND v. LOCAL UN. 823, INT. BR. OF T., C., W. & H. OF AMERICA

No. 74-1482.

521 F.2d 5 (1975)

Franklin E. BOND, Appellee, v. LOCAL UNION 823, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Leary, Joplin, Mo., for appellant.

John A. Biersmith, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, HEANEY and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents for our review an award of actual and punitive damages in favor of an employee against his union for breach of its duty of fair representation. See Vaca v. Sipes, 386 U.S. 171, 87 S.Ct. 903, 17 L.Ed.2d 842 (1967).

Franklin E. Bond, plaintiff below, had been employed as an over-the-road driver by Red Arrow Transportation Company, which was party to a collective bargaining agreement...

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