Legal Opinion
Fulton Lodge No. 2 of the International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Franklin Nix
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1969No. 24571_1PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is an internal union free speech case governed by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. 1 The district court found that Appellee Nix was expelled from membership for the exercise of protected speech and ordered Fulton Lodge No. 2 and its international body, to reinstate Nix to full membership in the union and to refrain from further interference with his free speech rights. Nix v. Fulton Lodge No. 2, IAM, N.D.Ga.1967, 262 F.Supp. 1000.
We affirm in part and vacate in part.
The underlying facts are straightforward and undisputed. Nix was employed…
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