LEAHY v. L. 1526, AM. FED. OF ST., COUNTY, & MUN. EMP.


399 Mass. 341 (1987)

504 N.E.2d 602

WILLIAM LEAHY vs. LOCAL 1526, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Soini for the defendants.

Frank J. Teague for the plaintiff.

John B. Cochran, for Labor Relations Commission, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiff, William Leahy, brought this action on August 18, 1981, in the Superior Court against Local 1526, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and several of its officers (union) for breach of the duty of fair representation as the exclusive statutory bargaining agent. A judge granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment establishing liability of the union. After the parties filed various stipulations and memoranda...

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