Legal Opinion
Joseph M. Kowaleviocz, Local 333 of the International Longshoremen's Association, an Unincorporated Association Edward Howell, and Garris S. McFadden
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1991No. 90-2501PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
Union member Joseph M. Kowaleviocz appeals a fine and 10-year suspension from union membership imposed on him by the general membership of Local 333, International Longshoremen’s Association (AFL-CIO) (“Local 333” or “union”). The penalty stems from a charge that Kowaleviocz used profanity toward a union officer at a union meeting and on the docks. The district court granted summary judgment to the union on the union’s claim that federal jurisdiction was lacking by virtue of Kowa-leviocz’s failure to exhaust internal union remedies before filing his appeal in federal…
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