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Supreme Court· 4/6/1953

Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman

Citations

  • 345 U.S. 330
  • 73 S. Ct. 681
  • 97 L. Ed. 2d 1048
  • 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2609
  • 97 L. Ed. 1048
  • 31 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2548

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  • holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts
  • holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts
  • holding that union did not violate duty by agreeing to seniority credits for military service which discriminated as to employees who did not so serve or had served prior to their employment
  • recognizing the “wide range of reasonableness” that courts must allow “a ... bargaining representative in serving the unit it represents”
  • concluding that “a wide range of reasonableness” is available to union officials who act with “good faith and honesty of purpose” in making decisions on behalf of individuals and classes of employees, even if such decisions do not benefit all represented employees equally
  • emphasizing “hostile discrimination” based on “irrelevant and individious” considerations; no exception if union exercised good faith within “wide range of reasonableness”

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Judges: Burton

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