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CARPENTER v. WEST VIRGINIA FLAT GLASS

No. 84-1435.

763 F.2d 622 (1985)

Earl CARPENTER, Appellant, v. WEST VIRGINIA FLAT GLASS, INC., and Local No. 524, United Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America, Defendants, and United Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Bastress, Morgantown, W. Va., on brief, for appellant.

R. Michael LaBelle, Thomas P. Powers, Washington, D.C., on brief, for appellee.

Before WIDENER and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Earl Carpenter sued United Glass Ceramic Workers of North America, an international union, for breaching its duty to fairly represent him after he was discharged by West Virginia Flat Glass. The district court held that the international union's representation was adequate and entered judgment for it. Carpenter appeals, and we reverse.

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Carpenter was employed by the predecessor of West Virginia Flat Glass in August...

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