Legal Opinion
Wirtz v. Local 153, Glass Bottle Blowers Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 12, 1968No. Nos. 15759 and 16048PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Chief Judge.
This action by the Secretary of Labor seeks to have an election of officers of a local labor union invalidated under section 402(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. § 482(c), on the ground that the union had unreasonably restricted the eligibility of members for elective office in violation of section 401(e) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 481(e). The district court decided that a union rule restricting candidacy for office to members who had attended 75 percent of all union meetings over a period of two years was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wirtz v. Glass Bottle BlowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jaffke v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
3Cited by8 opinions
- Samuel B. Slaughter, Jr. v. The Philadelphia National Bank v. Peoples National Bank of Camden CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor v. Local 3489, United Steelworkers of America, Afc-Cio, and United Steelworkers of America, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Shultz v. Radio Officers' Union of the United Telegraph WorkersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Usery v. District 22, United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Brennan v. Local Union 122, Amalgamated Clothing WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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