Legal Opinion
Alice Hobbs v. Clarence Hawkins, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1992No. 91-4122PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Alice Hobbs, three of her coworkers, and her union appeal the district court’s dismissal of their § 1983 class action against Hobbs’s employer and various public officials for alleged violations of their statutory and constitutional rights. We conclude that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over alleged violations of rights secured by the federal labor laws, and that plaintiffs have stated a cause of action for deprivation of their First Amendment right to free speech, but not of association. We therefore affirm in part, vacate in part, and…
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