· 11/18/1974
Hurd v. Marshal of Riverside County
Citations
- 419 U.S. 1024
- 95 S. Ct. 502
How courts have described this case
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- where contract stipulated that particular offense was just cause for termination, no jury issue as to propriety of dismissal for commission of this offense
- where contract stipulated that particular offense was just cause for termination, no jury issue as to propriety of dismissal for commission of this offense
- failure to keep grievant informed of status of his grievance insufficient to support claim of unfair representation
- where defense counsel provisionally sought to have the murder weapon admitted because it did not have the defendant’s fingerprints on it, no ineffective assistance of counsel
- “the Union may have acted negligently or exercised poor judgment in failing to keep [plaintiff] informed of the status of his grievance, but this is not sufficient to support a claim of unfair representation.”
- no right to require union to pursue a meritless grievance to arbitration
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