Legal Opinion
Ricci v. Teamsters Union Local 456
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 18, 2015No. 14-1732PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs Peter and Barbara Ricci (“the Riccis”) bring this action pro se against GoDaddy.com, LLC (“GoDaddy”) and the Teamsters Union Local 456 (the “Union” or the “Teamsters”), alleging that false statements about the Riccis in a Union newsletter were republished on a website hosted on GoDaddy’s servers. As relevant here, plaintiffs sue GoDaddy for defamation; they sue the Teamsters for retaliation in violation of sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 157, 158(b)(1)(A), and for breach of the NLRA’s implied duty of fair representation. The defamation…
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