United States Eighth Circuit

Plaintiffs' former union owed them no duty of fair representation; breach-of-contract claim against employer was preempted by the Railway Labor Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2003
• Published 08/22/2003

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before BOWMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Sheran, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Robert J. Hennessey, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nicholas P. Granath, argued, Bloomington, MN (Lee Seham and Stanley J. Silverstone, White Plains, NY, on the brief of Aircraft Mechanics, Timothy R. Thornton and Timothy G. Gelinske, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief of Northwest Airlines), for appellees.