HARMON v. TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS & HELPERS L. 371

No. 87-1029.

832 F.2d 976 (1987)

William HARMON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS & HELPERS LOCAL UNION 371; Chester Kelly, President of Local Union 371; and William E. Brock III, Secretary of Labor, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Moeller, Davenport, Iowa, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marileigh D. Dover, Atty. Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide a question of first impression: whether a guilty plea followed by a sentence of probation but no judgment of conviction is nevertheless a conviction within the meaning of section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 504, which bars certain convicted persons from serving as officers of unions.

In 1985 William Harmon, an officer of a...

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