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RUPE v. SPECTOR FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

Nos. 81-1490, 81-1590.

679 F.2d 685 (1982)

Maxim B. RUPE, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. SPECTOR FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union, Local 279, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde E. Craig, Wiley, Craig, Ambruster, Wilburn & Mills, St. Louis, Mo., James P. Baker, Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Timothy L. Bertschy, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before SWYGERT and PECK, Senior Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The dispositive issue in these consolidated appeals pertains to the duty of fair representation which a local union owes to its members. Plaintiff Maxim Rupe (Rupe) instituted this action under § 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, against his former employer, Spector Freight Systems, Inc. (Spector), and his union, Local 279 of the Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union (union), claiming that Spector breached...

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