DAHNKE v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 695

Nos. 88-3156, 88-3217 and 88-3238.

906 F.2d 1192 (1990)

Frederick DAHNKE, Plaintiff, and Kelly & Haus, Counsel for Frederick Dahnke, Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 695, a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America; Stokely USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Rubin, William Haus, Kelly & Haus, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frederick Perillo, Previant, Goldberg, Uelman, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, Donald J. Driscoll, Marshall Berkoff, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Carol Rubin, Kelly & Haus, Madison, Wis., for appellant.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Frederick Dahnke, an employee at Stokely USA's Poynette, Wisconsin facility, was fired after he accrued twelve points under the company's No Fault Absentee Program. He challenged his termination, arguing that Stokely discharged him without just cause and that Teamsters Local 695 breached its statutory duty to represent him fairly. The district court awarded summary judgment to the defendants and imposed Rule 11 sanctions on the plaintiff and...

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