SHEET METAL WORKERS v. LYNN

No. 86-1940.

488 U.S. 347 (1989)

SHEET METAL WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSN. ET AL. v. LYNN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Fisher argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Julius Reich, David M. Silberman, and Laurence Gold.

Bruce Stark argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Paul Alan Levy, Arthur L. Fox II, and Alan B. Morrison.


JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Finnegan v. Leu, 456 U.S. 431 (1982), we held that the discharge of a union's appointed business agents by the union president, following his election over the incumbent for whom the business agents had campaigned, did not violate the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA or Act), 73 Stat. 519, 29 U...

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