Legal Opinion
Lydia Korzen and Marsha O'Brien v. Local Union 705, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 1996No. 95-2343PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit under section 301 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), to enforce two provisions in union constitutions. (All other claims have been abandoned.) One is a provision of the constitution of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the other a provision .of the constitution of the Teamsters local to which the plaintiffs belong. The local is the defendant. It employed the plaintiffs as secretaries to its chief, and they charge that when he was removed from office for alleged improprieties they were fired by his successor in retaliation for their…
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