Carter v. Maryland

How later courts describe this case

• where contract stipulated that particular offense was just cause for termination, no jury issue as to propriety of dismissal for commission of this offense
• failure to keep grievant informed of status of his grievance insufficient to support claim of unfair representation
• where defense counsel provisionally sought to have the murder weapon admitted because it did not have the defendant’s fingerprints on it, no ineffective assistance of counsel
• “the Union may have acted negligently or exercised poor judgment in failing to keep [plaintiff] informed of the status of his grievance, but this is not sufficient to support a claim of unfair representation.”
• no right to require union to pursue a meritless grievance to arbitration
• lack of notice of grievance status undeterminative of good faith