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· 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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