Vosch v. Werner Continental, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• holding that section 11708(a) of the Act provides the only basis for private enforcement of the Act
• “It is clear that when a decision turns on the meaning or construction of words in a statute ... then a legal question is presented for the court to decide.”
• employees may appeal adverse arbitral decision under Sec. 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 185 (1976), only if they can show that the union breached its duty of fair representation to them
• employees may appeal adverse arbitral decision under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1976), only if they can show that the union breached its duty of fair representation to them
• request for change of minor child's surname under common law
• a claim under section 1981 that the state has impermissibly discriminated on the basis of race and thereby denied the plaintiff equal protection is not to be confused with a claim that the state has deprived a plaintiff of a liberty or property interest without due process of law.
• dissolution court has common-law authority to change name