TRUCK DRIVERS LOCAL 705 v. SCHNEIDER TANK LINES

No. 91-1405.

958 F.2d 171 (1992)

TRUCK DRIVERS, OIL DRIVERS, FILLING STATION AND PLATFORM WORKERS' UNION LOCAL 705, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA (AFL-CIO), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHNEIDER TANK LINES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Carmell (argued), Adrianne E. Hampo, Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack Osswald, Chicago, Ill. (argued), for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A teamsters local brought this suit under section 301 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, charging that a truck company broke the parties' collective bargaining contract. The district judge granted the company's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the suit.

The company had fired one of its long-time drivers for having failed to report an accident in which chemicals spilled from his tank truck. The union filed a grievance...

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