Supreme Court· 10/6/1980

L'Hoste v. United States

Citations

449 U.S. 833
101 S. Ct. 104
49 U.S.L.W. 3246
66 L. Ed. 2d 39
1980 U.S. LEXIS 2782

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defendant’s stock interest in his company ordered forfeited due to use of company to secure government contracts through illegal kickbacks
issue not core-central to litigation because jury could have reached same result even if properly instructed
issue not core-central to litigation because jury could have reached same result even if properly instructed
“Because we find that the union’s [conduct] was not a breach of its duty of fair representation, we need not decide whether the [employer breached] the employment contract.”
A union did not breach its duty of fair representation by informing an employee that his grievance had been rejected by an arbitrator, when in fact it had been withdrawn
“The use of the ‘preponderance of evidence’ standard is the traditional standard in civil and administrative proceedings. It is the one contemplated by the APA”

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