Scarlino v. Fathi

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lucy Billings, J.

Petitioners claim respondents violated their labor union constitution’s express terms by accepting respondent Fathi’s election as the union president, when he had been convicted of possession of stolen property and repeatedly of attempted petit larceny. The court previously entered a series of orders requiring timely hearings at each level of internal union appeals. In a decision dated August 23, 2010, the parent union judicial panel ultimately upheld Fathi’s election, concurring with the decision of the panel’s hearing officer, and concluding as follows.

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