Legal Opinion
Loekle v. Hansen
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 4, 1982No. 82 Civ. 6425 (RLC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.
This case raises difficult questions regarding where the free speech rights of union members end and their duties to their union begin.
Plaintiffs Robert Loekle and James Brady, members of Local One of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America, have long been active in the local’s politics and have often been at odds with its officials. See, e.g., Loekle v. Swayduck, 94 LRRM 2442 (S.D.N.Y.1976) (Knapp, J.). Defendant Local One represents approximately 9,000 lithographers in the New York metropolitan area and is affiliated with the International…
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