Rodney Neal and Anthony Brandon v. Newspaper Holdings, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that union did not act in bad faith or with discriminatory motive
• explaining that \[wjhether or not a union's actions are discriminatory or in bad faith calls for a subjective inquiry and requires proof that the union acted (or failed to act) due to an improper motive\
• explaining that a union may properly consider “such factors as the wise allocation of its own resources, its relationship with other employees, and its relationship with the employer” when deciding whether to take a claim to arbitration
• affirming summary judgment for employer on fair representation issue where grievants were familiar with grievance process, but did not take obvious actions to help themselves through the process
• “In order for a plaintiff -to prevail in such an action, he must have a meritorious claim against both the union and the employer.”
• “the claims are interlocking in the sense that neither is viable if the other fails”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).