JONES v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION

No. 97-2584.

192 F.3d 417 (1999)

Robert E. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, NATIONAL; American Postal Workers Union, Local Number 4755, Defendants-Appellees, and Patricia Fern Butts, Defendant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert E. Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Robert John Gregory, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. Susan Lynne Catler, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: C. Gregory Stewart, General, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General, Lorraine C. Davis, Assistant General, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. Peter J. Leff, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before ERVIN, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge ERVIN and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a labor union that represents federal employees may constitute a labor organization as that term is defined in the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, and therefore be subject to suit in federal district court...

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