Vaca v. Sipes

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1967-02-27

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Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. On February 13, 1962, Benjamin Owens filed this class action against petitioners, as officers and representatives of the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers 1 and of its Kansas City Local No. 12 (the Union), in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Owens, a Union member, alleged that he had been discharged from…

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