DOLAN v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

No. 82-5153.

746 F.2d 733 (1984)

Bernice J. DOLAN, Former President of the Transport Workers Union, Local 553, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing January 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Greenfield, Dubbin, Schiff, Berkman & Dubbin, Evan Langbein, Miami, Fla., O'Donnell & Schwartz, Asher W. Schwartz, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Carmen L. Leon, Miami, Fla., for Eastern Airlines.

Elizabeth J. Du Fresne, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge.


GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:

Five members of the governing board of a union local, the local itself, and the union's international organization appeal a general jury verdict against them in the amount of $93,000. The plaintiff, Bernice Dolan, a former president of the union local, based her claims below on various sections of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ("LMRDA"). Appellants claim that one of the grounds of recovery submitted to the...

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