MARTIN v. BRANCH 419, NAT. ASS'N OF LETTER CARRIERS

No. 91-5910.

965 F.2d 61 (1992)

Lynn MARTIN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BRANCH 419, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFLCIO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Gregory Weddle, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn. (briefed), William H. Berger, Office of Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Atlanta, Ga. (argued), for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael J. Passino, Nashville, Tenn., Keith Secular (argued), Gary Gordon (briefed), Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before: NELSON and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and BERTELSMAN, Chief District Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Subject to certain statutory exceptions, and "subject to ... reasonable qualifications uniformly imposed," every labor union member in good standing is eligible to run for and to hold union office. § 401(e) of the Landrum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C. § 481(e).

The National Association of Letter Carriers, a labor union subject to the Act, has constitutional provisions saying that any member who "holds, accepts, or applies...

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