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Lore v. Runyon, 1st Cir. (1996)
Lore v. Runyon, 1st Cir. (1996)
No. 95-2152
ANDREW P. LORE,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
Defendants, Appellees.
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Before
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George B. Henders
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General, appellee.
on
brief for
Vincent
Sombrotto, appellee.
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Per Curiam.
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United
States
President
(NALC).
of
Postmaster
General, and
the National
Association
Vincent
Sombrotto,
of Letter
Carriers
1.
To
suit was
based on the
claim
that the United States Postal Service failed to pay him fully
for
his
arbitrate
military leave
that issue,
court correctly
it was
explained in
1995.
We note as well
that
NALC's
discriminatory
in 1993
refusal
and
that NALC
time-barred, as
refused to
the district
September 15,
to
or undertaken
arbitrate
in bad faith.
was
See
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arbitrary,
Miller v.
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is arbitrary,
discriminatory
or in
evidence
claims
that its
and
undertaken in
against
plaintiff's
appellees
failure
to
faith)
(quotation
showing
reasonable
bad
its conduct
decision
were
good
not
to arbitrate
faith.
Hence,
meritless.
establish
the
See
___
union's
was
Lore's
id.
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(a
unfair
2.
To the
-2-
the Postal
agreement by
without
arbitrated
exhaust
that issue,
it was
available contractual
dismissable for
remedies.
Cir. 1979).
failure to
See Hayes
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v. New
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F.2d 15,
18 (1st
annual
documented
any specific
unreasonably
Lore has
action
not described or
or inaction
by NALC
which
3.
Lore's claim
discrimination
on
amounted essentially
the
of
discrimination did
basis
of a
protected
not
assert
status,
but
Such a claim
is not actionable.
Affirmed.
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See Jensen
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v. Frank,
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912
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