Legal Opinion

Efrain MacEira v. Luis Enrique Pagan

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 13, 1981No. 80-1622PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, members of Local 901 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, sued the Local and its Secretary-Treasurer Luis Pagan. They claimed that, in removing plaintiff Efrain Maceira from his position as a union steward, Pagan and the Local violated their rights to free expression protected by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (“LMRDA”), popularly known as the Land-rum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(2). They further alleged that this removal constituted “discipline” proscribed by 29 U.S.C. § 529. 1 Plaintiffs sought a preliminary…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Robert J. Keefe v. George J. GeanakosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
  4. The Grand Lodge of the International Association of MacHinists Etc. v. John J. King, Earl N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  5. Schonfeld v. PenzaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Finnegan v. LeuSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1099 v. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
  3. Sindicato Puertorriqueño de Trabajadores, Seiu Local 1996 v. FortuñoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  4. Efrain MacEira v. Luis Enrique Pagan, Local 901, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  5. Local Division 589, Amalgamated Transit Union, Afl-Cio, Clc v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Local Division 589, Amalgamated Transit Union, Afl-Cio v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Local Division 589, Amalgamated Transit Union, Afl-Cio v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981

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