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Chauffeurs Local 391 Vs. Terry

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 20, 1990

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  1. Curtis Vs. Loether US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1974
  2. Granfinanciera, S.A. Vs. Nordberg US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1989
  3. Ross Vs. Bernhard US Supreme Court · Feb 02, 1970
  4. Delcostello Vs. Teamsters US Supreme Court · Jun 08, 1983
  5. Vaca Vs. Sipes US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1967
  6. Beacon theatres, Inc. Vs. Westover US Supreme Court · May 25, 1959
  7. Dimick Vs. Schiedt US Supreme Court · Jan 07, 1935
  8. U.S. 558 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Chauffeurs Local 391 v. Terry
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  9. U.S. 558 (1990) Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
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  10. agreement and that the union breached its duty of fair representation in handling the grievance. DelCostello v. Teamsters
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  11. jury trial, courts must examine both the nature of the issues involved and, more importantly, the remedy sought. Tull v. United
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  12. prove in order to prevail -- is comparable to a breach of contract claim, a legal issue. United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
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  13. a) (1982 ed.), to represent all employees in a bargaining unit. Vaca v. Sipes
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  14. he can show that the union breached its duty of fair representation in its handling of his grievance. DelCostello v. Teamsters
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  15. Parsons v. Bedford
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  16. The right extends to Page 494 U. S. 565 causes of action created by Congress. Tull v. United
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  17. preserved the right to trial by jury where legal rights are at stake. As the Court noted in Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover
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  18. quoting Dimick v. Schiedt
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  19. S. 417 -418 (citations omitted). The second inquiry is the more important in our analysis. Granfinanciera, S. A. v. Nordberg
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  20. support of its characterization of the duty of fair representation claim, the Union cites United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
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  21. exclusive representative of the workers, must exercise its power to act on behalf of the employees in good faith, Vaca v. Sipes
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  22. whether and how to pursue an employee's grievance against Page 494 U. S. 568 an employer. See, e.g., Vaca v. Sipes
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  23. representation in its handling of the grievance, DelCostello, supra, at 462 U. S. 163 -164. See Bowen v. United
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  24. like a trust action than an attorney malpractice action, which was historically an action at law, see, e.g., Russell v. Palmer
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  25. representation, unless a majority of the members of the bargaining unit share his dissatisfaction. See J. I. Case Co. v. NLRB
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  26. the nature of our comparison of the action before us to 18th-century forms of action. As we observed in Ross v. Bernhard
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  27. Our determination under the first part of the Seventh Amendment analysis is only preliminary. Granfinanciera, S. A. v. Nordberg
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  28. Tull, 481 U.S. at 481 U. S. 424 . See also Curtis v. Loether
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  29. Porter v. Warner
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  30. may be equitable. Tull, supra, at 481 U. S. 424 . See, e.g., Mitchell v. Robert
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  31. et seq. (1982 ed.), as equitable. See Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  32. See Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
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  33. The Court has never held that a plaintiff seeking backpay under Title VII has a right to a jury trial. See Lorillard v. Pons
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  34. Curtis v. Loether
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  35. has noted that backpay sought from an employer under Title VII would generally be restitutionary in nature, see Curtis v. Loether
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  36. Electrical Workers v. Foust
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  37. U. S. 42 , 442 U. S. 49 , n. 12 (1979) (quoting Vaca v. Sipes
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  38. Compare Leach v. Pan
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  39. World Airways, 842 F.2d 285 (CA11 1988) (no right to a jury trial), with United Transportation Union, Local 74 v. Consolidated
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  40. Terry v. Chauffeurs
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  41. Quinn v. DiGiulian
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  42. Roscello v. Southwest
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  43. to determine whether Congress provided for a jury trial in an action for breach of that duty is unavailing. Cf. Curtis v. Loether
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  44. quoting United States v. Thirty-seven
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  45. Tull v. United
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  46. claim against an employer and a duty of fair representation claim against a union. DelCostello v. Teamsters
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  47. In United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
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  48. inquiry of the first part, Ross v. Bernhard
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  49. because I believe the historical test can and should be simplified. The current test, first expounded in Curtis v. Loether
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  50. U. S. 565 -566. Justice Stewart recognized the perplexities involved in this task in his dissent in Ross v. Bernhard
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