United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Etc., Stephen L. Downey v. University of Alabama, Etc., Joseph F. Volker, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing Union's standing to seek declaratory and injunctive relief, but no standing to seek money damages on behalf of members where damages are not common to entire membership nor shared by all in equal degree
• “In order to obtain relief in damages, each member of the Steelworkers who claims injury as a result of defendants’ practices must pursue his own damage claim.”
• union had standing to seek prospective declaratory and injunctive relief but not to appeal adverse grant of summary judgment for monetary damages on civil rights claims arising out of alleged unlawful termination of employment
• must read employee handbook in its entirety to glean expectations of parties
• alleging dismissal of striking employees violated their Constitutional rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).