SCHERMERHORN v. LOCAL 100, TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

Nos. 1441, 1651, Dockets 95-7928, 95-9031.

91 F.3d 316 (1996)

Tim SCHERMERHORN; Corine Scott; Cecile Clue; Clarence Little; Frank Neal Whitted, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOCAL 100, TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Counter-Claimant Counter-Defendant-Appellant, Sonny Hall; Herbert Jones; Tony Dandridge; Dennis Williams; Martin Muller; Robert Littles; Jacqueline McGowan; Joseph Continanzi, Defendants-Counter-Claimants Counter-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm A. Goldstein, O'Donnell, Schwartz, Glanstein & Rosen, New York City, for Defendant-Counter-Claimant Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

Arthur Z. Schwartz, Kennedy Schwartz & Cure, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: ALTIMARI and KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

The Plaintiffs-Appellees are workers and elected officials of their local who tried to bring a new direction to their union. In response to the Plaintiffs' reform efforts the Defendants, who are also union officers, used the full weight of their positions to obstruct the Plaintiffs' efforts, eventually trying them on charges of disorder and issuing union reprimands against them. As a result of the...

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