O'Doherty v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks’s Empirical Analysis
618 F.2d 484 · 1980
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
April 1992
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Thompson v. United States · Calhoon v. Harvey · Wirtz v. Local 153 Glass Bottle Blowers Association · Saxbe v. Washington Post Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he structure of representation of the membership is a matter for the Union to determine in accordance with its constitution and bylaws. There is no indication that Congress intended, in enacting Title IV of the Act, to require representation in delegate bodies of labor organizations to reflect the proportionate number of members in each subordinate labor organization represented in such bodies.... Congress did not attempt to specify the organizational structure or the system of representation which unions must adopt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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