Legal Opinion
Billie Davenport v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Afl-Cio
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 2, 1999No. 97-7190PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in this case are individual members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL-CIO (“IBT”), and of IBT Local 2000 (“Local 2000”) which represents all flight attendants employed by Northwest Airlines (“Northwest”). The dispute concerns a temporary labor agreement known as the “Bridge Agreement.” Plaintiffs sued the IBT, Local 2000 and Northwest, contending that the president of Local 2000 lacked authority to enter into the Bridge Agreement because he failed to submit it for ratification by the…
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