EARLY v. EASTERN TRANSFER

No. 82-1217.

699 F.2d 552 (1983)

John EARLY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. EASTERN TRANSFER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Stern, Cambridge, Mass., with whom Goldstein, Pressman, Stern & Hiller, Cambridge, Mass., was on brief, for appellants.

Alan Kaplan, Boston, Mass., with whom Nathan L. Kaitz and Morgan, Brown, Kearns & Joy, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee Eastern Transfer.

Kathryn M. Noonan, Boston, Mass., with whom McDonald & Noonan, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellees Local No. 82, Bart Griffiths and George Harris.

Arthur L. Fox, II, and Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D.C., on brief for Teamsters for a Democratic Union, amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before DAVIS, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

John and Stephen Early, father and son, brought this suit in the district court under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, against their former employer, their union, and two of the union's officers. Asserting breaches of the duty of fair representation by the union and of the collective bargaining agreement by the employer, they challenged a joint committee...

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