350 F. Supp. 1274 - Deboles v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The thrust of plaintiffs' complaint involves the Union's failure to fairly represent the plaintiffs during the negotiations preceding the collective bargaining agreement of January 28, 1970. Plaintiff additionally alleges that the Union had continually misrepresented between 1966 and 1970 that it was attempting to obtain retroactive system seniority for KSC workers but TWA was arbitrarily refusing to grant such benefits. Under these conditions of unfair representation, the statute of limitations will not begin to run until the alleged wrongdoings have been or should have been discovered by the plaintiff ..."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 525 F. Supp. 874 - Hafer v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASS'N, INTERN. · 525 F. Supp. 874 - Hafer v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International

2. “Although the Union must represent factions with diverse and sometimes contradictory demands, it nonetheless owes all of its members a duty of fair representation. This duty is a fiduciary one and the Union’s conduct must conform to the high standard demanded of any fiduciary relationship. As collective bargaining agent, it must execute its responsibilities with utmost fairness and good faith, notwithstanding the countervailing demands of its constituents. If the Union is guilty of bad faith and unfair representation, it will have failed to fulfill its responsibilities and will have breached its fiduciary duty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aguinaga v. John Morrell & Co.