LEONARD

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (69 total)

• Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Foust, 442 U.S. 42 (U.S. 1979)
  …pt. As the Court observes, ante, at 45-46, the Fourth Circuit, followed by the Tenth in this case, has approved of punitive damages in unfair representation cases. Harrison v. United Transportation Union, 530 F. 2d 558, 563-564 (1975), cert. denied, 425 U. S. 958 (1976). The Eighth Circuit has expressed the view that punitive damages may be awarded where the union is guilty of “outrageous or extraordinary conduct.” Butler v. Teamsters Local 823, 514 F. 2d 442, 454, cert denied, 423 U. S. 924 (1975). The Nint…

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• Bowen v. United States Postal Serv., 459 U.S. 212 (U.S. 1983)
  …as become barred by the statute of limitations. 2 Scott, supra, § 177. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit correctly applied a similar rule in the labor context in Harrison v. United Transportation Union, 530 F. 2d 558 (1975), cert. denied, 425 U. S. 958 (1976). In that case, the plaintiff-employee’s union breached its duty of fair representation by allowing the plaintiff’s claim against the employer to become time-barred. The court held that, under these circumstances, the union should be responsib…
• United States v. Robinson, 560 F.2d 507 (2d Cir. 1977)
  …1940). Absent counterbalancing probative value, evidence having a strong emotional or inflammatory impact, such as a “bloody shirt” or “dying accusation of poisoning,” see United States v. Leonard, 524 F. 2d 1076, 1091 (2d Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 958, 96 S.Ct. 1737, 48 L.Ed.2d 202 (1976), may pose a risk of unfair prejudice because it “tends to distract” the jury from the issues in the case and “permits the trier of fact to reward the good man and to punish the bad man because of their respectiv…