L'Hoste v. United States
L'Hoste v. United States, 449 U.S. 833 (1980)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(defendant’s stock interest in his company ordered forfeited due to use of company to secure government contracts through illegal kickbacks)
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(issue not core-central to litigation because jury could have reached same result even if properly instructed)
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(“Because we find that the union’s [conduct] was not a breach of its duty of fair representation, we need not decide whether the [employer breached] the employment contract.”)
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(A union did not breach its duty of fair representation by informing an employee that his grievance had been rejected by an arbitrator, when in fact it had been withdrawn)
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(“The use of the ‘preponderance of evidence’ standard is the traditional standard in civil and administrative proceedings. It is the one contemplated by the APA”)
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