Chauffeurs, Teamsters, & Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry

Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
Argued December 6, 1989
Decided March 20, 1990
Full case nameChauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry, et al.
Citations494 U.S. 558 (more)
110 S. Ct. 1339; 108 L. Ed. 2d 519; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 1530; 58 U.S.L.W. 4345; 114 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 11,930; 133 L.R.R.M. 2793
Case history
PriorTerry v. Teamsters Local 391, 676 F. Supp. 659 (M.D.N.C. 1987); affirmed, 863 F.2d 334 (4th Cir. 1988); cert. granted, 491 U.S. 903 (1989).
Holding
An action by an employee for a breach of a labor union's duty of fair representation entitles him to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
MajorityMarshall (parts I, II, III-B, IV), joined by Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens
ConcurrenceMarshall (part III-A), joined by Rehnquist, White, Blackmun
ConcurrenceBrennan
ConcurrenceStevens
DissentKennedy, joined by O'Connor, Scalia
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VII; 29 U.S.C. § 185

Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry, 494 U.S. 558 (1990), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an action by an employee for a breach of a labor union's duty of fair representation entitled him to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.