Legal Opinion
Raymond Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Illinois Education Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1982No. 81-1435PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Illinois Education Association is a union of some 50,000 public-school teachers in Illinois. This case involves a challenge under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq., to racial and ethnic restrictions in the Association’s by-laws governing the election of officers.
The facts are not in dispute. The governance of the Association is vested in a Representative Assembly of about 600 members, elected by the union membership, and a Board of Directors originally of 50 members, some elected by the Representative Assembly and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Local 3489, United Steelworkers of America v. UserySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Local 1010, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, ClcCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor v. Local 5724, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, and United Steelworkers of America, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Shultz v. Local 1291, International Longshoremen's Ass'nDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- N.A.A.C.P., Detroit Branch v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Thomas Doyle v. William Brock, Secretary, Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- United States v. International Brotherhood of TeamstersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Elmer Britton v. South Bend Community School CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Dist. Council of NYC & Vicinity of CarpentersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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