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DESSLER v. TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN ETC.

Civ. A. No. 88-0057 L.

686 F.Supp. 977 (1988)

Murray DESSLER v. TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL UNION NO. 251; John E. Amaral, In his Individual and Official Capacity as President of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Local Union No. 251; Gerald Blinkhorn, In his Individual and Official Capacity as Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Local Union No. 251; and James Boyajian, In his Individual and Official Capacity as Business Agent of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Local Union No. 251.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

June 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Prescott and Christopher H. Little, ACLU Foundation of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Richard M. Peirce, Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Tucker, Providence, R.I., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

The primary issue to be decided in this matter is whether a labor union may "censure" one of its members for writing a letter critical of union election activities without falling within the prohibition of 29 U.S.C. § 529 which forbids a union from otherwise disciplining a member for exercising his right to express his "views, arguments or opinions." As will become apparent, the word "discipline" is a term...

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