BROWN v. IBEW, LOCAL UNION NO. 58

No. 90-1702.

936 F.2d 251 (1991)

Richard BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, Richard Connelly; Paul Diederichs; Catharine Jensen; Michael Jowske; Walter Kisiel; Kim Koebel; Robert E. Moss; John Philip Parke; James W. Rogers, Jr.; Robert Schuchard; Mark Sullivan; Christopher M. Trzeciak; and Marc F. Watson, Plaintiffs, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 58 AFL-CIO; National Electrical Contractors of Detroit, Michigan, Southwestern Michigan Chapter, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1991.

Order Denying Petition for Rehearing July 31, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara M. Harvey (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bruce A. Miller (argued), Christopher P. Legghio, Miller, Cohen, Martens & Ice, Southfield, Mich., Mark M. Cunningham (argued), Kerr, Russell & Weber, Detroit, Mich., Roger J. McClow, Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, Southfield, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before KENNEDY and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and SPIEGEL, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 7, 1991.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Richard Brown, one of several plaintiffs who brought this suit pursuant to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., appeals the District Court's summary judgment for the defendants.1 Brown claims that the union breached its duties by: (1) depriving its members of an informed vote and an opportunity to debate...

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