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- Title: Curtis v. United Transportation Union
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 22, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge. William David Curtis filed a complaint in district court1 alleging that the United Transportation Union (UTU) breached its duty of fair representation. The court found that although UTU acted in good faith and to the best of its ability, the union breached its duty because it acted in a perfunctory manner. The court reasoned that if UTU ""were instead a law firm and those representing Mr. Curtis lawyers, . . . . those lawyers would be guilty of malpractice and incompetency in the handling of Mr. Curtis' claim.""2 UTU argues that the court erred in holding the union to a standard of care of an attorney. We agree.