Legal Opinion

Brenda J. Reed v. John N. Sturdivant American Federation of Government Employees

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 7, 1999No. 98-1299PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

In October 1995, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a national labor organization, placed its Local 900 in trusteeship on grounds of financial mismanagement and conflict among the local’s officers. Local 900 represents federal employees at the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis. Brenda Reed, a member of Local 900 and a supporter of its ousted president, complained to the Department of Labor that AFGE imposed the trusteeship to suppress dissent against its national leadership. After the Department investigated and declined to challenge the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Karahalios v. National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1263Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Celli v. ShoellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  4. Robert W. Wildberger Jr. v. American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio and John N. SturdivantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  5. Health Cost Controls v. SkinnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by5 opinions

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