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Bowen Vs. Usps

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 11, 1983

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  1. Republic Steel Corp. Vs. Maddox US Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1965
  2. Vaca Vs. Sipes US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1967
  3. Czosek Vs. O'Mara US Supreme Court · Feb 24, 1970
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  4. Ford Motor Co. Vs. Huffman US Supreme Court · Apr 06, 1953
  5. U.S. 212 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Bowen v. USPS
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  6. U.S. 212 (1983) Bowen v. United
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  7. increased by the Union's breach of its duty of fair representation, apportionment of the damages was required. Vaca v. Sipes
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  8. incentive for the union to process its members' claims where warranted. Pp. 459 U. S. 224 -228. (d) Czosek v. O'Mara
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  9. fair representation. I On February 21, 1976, following an altercation with another employee, petitioner Charles V. Bowen
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  10. of the Service exclusively. Hence, no portion of the deprivations . . . was chargeable to the Union. Cf. Vaca v. Sipes
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  11. the undisputed amount of his damages. II In Vaca v. Sipes
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  12. In Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox
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  13. make the employer alone liable for the consequences of the union's breach of duty. Page 459 U. S. 223 Hines v. Anchor
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  14. Steelworkers v. Warrior
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  15. agreement, the Court has applied an evolving federal common law grounded in national labor policy. See Steelworkers v. American
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  16. Textile Workers v. Lincoln
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  17. Fundamental to federal labor policy is the grievance procedure. See John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston
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  18. See Clayton v. Automobile
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  19. clause. See Republic Steel, 379 U.S. at 379 U. S. 653 . III The Union contends that Czosek v. O'Mara
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  20. to seek full redress from an administrative board, the union still had a duty to represent them fairly. See Conley v. Gibson
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  21. Only one case cited by the dissent has declined to apportion damages after considering the issue fully. See Seymour v. Olin
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  22. Milstead v. International
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  23. Union 957, 649 F.2d 395, 396 (CA6 1981) (finding that damages may not be apportioned on the basis of St. Clair v. Local
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  24. Some courts have not apportioned damages, but have articulated apparently conflicting rationales. See Wyatt v. Interstate
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  25. De Arroyo v. Sindicato
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  26. Other cases have recognized that damages should be apportioned between the union and the employer. See Smart v. Ellis
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  27. Harrison v. Chrysler
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  28. Ruzicka v. General
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  29. St. Clair v. Local
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  30. The Court had previously held, in Smith v. Evening
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  31. Requiring the union to pay its share of the damages is consistent with the interests recognized in Electrical Workers v. Foust
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  32. following Vaca and Czosek, the Court has not had occasion to address the question presented here. In Hines v. Anchor
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  33. that a union may not be held liable for punitive damages -- is consistent with our holding here. Finally, in Clayton v. Automobile
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  34. the following reasons, I believe that the employer should be primarily liable for all backpay. I In Smith v. Evening
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  35. action against his employer for any backpay whatsoever. This is because Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox
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  36. of disputes arising over the interpretation and implementation of collective bargaining agreements. See Clayton v. Automobile
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  37. we considered, in Vaca v. Sipes
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  38. Id. at 386 U. S. 197 . In Hines v. Anchor
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  39. We considered this question in Czosek v. O'Mara
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  40. may sometimes only have de minimis liability, and we unanimously acknowledged this fact in Electrical Worker v. Foust
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  41. Seymour v. Olin
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  42. fairly and impartially. Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
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  43. Wallace Corp. v. NLRB
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  44. Steele v. Louisville
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  45. United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson
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  46. U. S. 562 , 455 U. S. 576 (1982). See also Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine
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  47. Porter Co. v. NLRB
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  48. is able to collect in full from the primary obligor, the trustee should not be monetarily liable. See, e.g., Pollard v. Pollard
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  49. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit correctly applied a similar rule in the labor context in Harrison v. United
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  50. from the employer but for the union's misconduct. Page 459 U. S. 244 530 F.2d at 562. See also Nedd v. United
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