Brock v. Southern Region

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Today we are called on to interpret a congressional regulatory statute in a manner that will discharge our twin obligations to prevent evasion and avoid judicially extending the statute beyond its intended confines. The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §§ 401-531, (the “LMRDA”) provides in § 481(g) that

[n]o moneys received by any labor organization by way of dues, assessment, or similar levy ... shall be contributed or applied to promote the candidacy of any person in an election subject to the provisions of the [LMRDA].

In this…