ALABAMA EDUCATION ASS'N v. CHAO

Civil Action Nos. 03-253 (RMC), 03-682(RMC).

595 F.Supp.2d 93 (2009)

ALABAMA EDUCATION ASS'N, et al., Delaware Federation of Teachers, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Elaine L. CHAO, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, in her official capacity, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Dean Roth, Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Robert H. Chanin, National Education Association Office of General Counsel, David John Strom, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Stephanie S. Baxter-Jenkins, American Federation of Teachers Legal Department, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Marian L. Borum, Oliver W. McDaniel, Oscar Summer Mayers, Jr., U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

On March 31, 2005, this Court held that an organization that represents or is comprised entirely of public-sector employees, but that is subordinate to an entity that also represents private-sector employees, is not a "labor union" as that term is understood under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. ("LMRDA"), because such an interpretation...

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