Legal Opinion

Taliaferro v. Schiro

District Court, W.D. Louisiana

Decided September 9, 1987No. Civ.A. 83-0388-LC, 83-1042-LC, 83-1141-LC, 84-0650-LC, 84-0777-LC and 84-1005-LCPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VERON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in these related civil actions are all members or former members of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 406 (“the Union”), seeking recovery from the Union and its officers for denial of rights guaranteed by 29 U.S.C.A. § 411(a) (1985) and for breach of the Union’s duty of fair representation. In Civil Action Nos. 83-0388 and 83-1141 the plaintiffs also included a claim for unlawful discipline for exercising those rights in violation of 29 U.S.C.A. § 529 (1985). Trial was held in the related cases simultaneously. Having considered…

2Cases cited19 opinions

Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. FoustSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
James Smith v. Local No. 25, Sheet Metal Workers International AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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Robert Guidry, Cross-Appellant v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 406, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989