Legal Opinion
Finnegan v. Leu
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 17, 1982No. 80-2150PublishedCited by 319 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The question presented in this case is whether the discharge of a union’s appointed business agents by the union president, following his election over the candidate supported by the business agents, violated the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 73 Stat. 519, 29 U. S. C. *433§ 401 et seq. The Court of Appeals held that the Act did not protect the business agents from discharge. We granted certiorari to resolve Circuit conflicts,1 454 U. S. 813 (1981), and we affirm.
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In December 1977, respondent Harold Leu defeated Omar Brown in an election for the presidency of Local 20 of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- The Grand Lodge of the International Association of MacHinists Etc. v. John J. King, Earl N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Schonfeld v. PenzaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Paul J. Sheridan v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local No. 626, an Unincorporated AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Roger Bradford v. Textile Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Local 1093Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by319 opinions
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- Local No. 82, Furniture & Piano Moving, Furniture Store Drivers, Helpers, Warehousemen & Packers v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United Steelworkers of America v. SadlowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lyne Brunt, David Wadinski and John Wittenberg v. Service Employees International Union and Dan IversonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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