Legal Opinion
DeCarlo v. Salamone
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 24, 1997No. 6:96-cv-06199PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
This dispute arises out of plaintiff Frank DeCarlo’s suspension from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Rochester Local 85 (“Local 85”). DeCarlo asserts that Local 85 and two of its officers violated his “free speech” rights guaranteed by Section 101(a)(2) of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (“LMRDA”), as well as his right to a “full and fair hearing”, guaranteed by Section 101(a)(5) of the LMRDA, when they suspended his union membership for a three-year period. DeCarlo asserts that the United…
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