Legal Opinion
Salzhandler v. Caputo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 18, 1963No. 138, Docket 27756PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises an impor-’ tant question of the rights of union members under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §§ 401-531: whether a union member’s allegedly libelous statements regarding the handling of union funds by union officers justify disciplinary action against the member and his exclusion from any participation in the affairs of the union for five years, including speaking and voting at meetings and even attending meetings. We hold that the LMRDA protects the union member in the exercise of his right to make such charges…
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