HERMAN v. UNITED BROTH. OF CARPENTERS

No. 93-16819.

60 F.3d 1375 (1995)

Jeanne P. HERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION NO. 971, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Dita, III, Reno, NV, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sandra Rae Benson (argued), Victor J. Van Bourg, Theodore Franklin, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

When Jeanne Herman, a member of an office-worker's union, was abruptly terminated after 36 years of service, she brought suit against her employer, a local of the Carpenter's union, asserting a variety of claims. This appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Herman's employer raises several questions: 1) Under what circumstances may a union member bring a breach of contract claim directly against her employer without exhausting...

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