Legal Opinion
Hylla v. Transportation Communications International Union
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2008No. 07-3573PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Ronald J. Hylla appeals from the district court’s decision granting Defendant-Appellee Transportation Communications International Union’s (“TCIU”) motion to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment. Hylla’s appeal calls on us to consider the scope of protection offered to elected union officers under Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”). The district court 2 concluded that the protection offered by Title I only extends to expression or speech that is related to the general union membership as a whole. Because…
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