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Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judges MOTZ, KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, KEENAN, and WYNN joined. Judge AGEE wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judges WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DUNCAN joined. Chief Judge TRAXLER, Judge WILKINSON, Judge NIEMEYER, and Judge DUNCAN join in this opinion co

594 F.3d 315 (2010) Shirley M. BARBOUR; Harry M. Barker; Anthony Burton; William J. Cline; Barbara Faulkner; Raymond N. Fleck, Jr.; Arthur Hamilton, II; Daniel L. Hamm; Troy L. Harris; Gary Landau; Vincent Marra; Peggy A. Murphy; Richard Douglas Permenter; Patricia Pierson; Jeffrey N. Roberts; Annie Smith Rodgers; Reess H. Scott; Joyce See; Roney Smith; Fred M. Stewart; Daniel Lee Tichnell; Robert Thomas; Charles F. Wadkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (Docket No. 187) EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge Plaintiffs are five individuals who are members of Local 3, a local union in the International Union of Operating Engineers (“International Union”). They filed suit against the International Union, Local 3, and a number of individuals affiliated with the un

FLAUM, Circuit Judge. The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 139 and Local 420 (“IUOE”), challenged Wisconsin’s right-to-work law. The district court determined that this Court’s decision upholding Indiana’s nearly-identical law, Sweeney v. Pence, 767 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2014), controlled in this case, and the court dismissed IUOE’s complaint with

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: The plaintiff, John J. Hahn, brings this action against Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (the “International Union”) and Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 153 (“Local 153”), alleging two claims pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA” or “Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. The Internatio

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER Edward J. Lodge, United States District Judge Pending before the Court is Defendant State Attorney General Lawrence Was-den’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint (Dkt. 16.) The parties have submitted their briefing on the motion and the matter is now ripe for the Court’s review. Having fully reviewed the record herein, the Court finds the facts and legal arguments ar

ORDER J.P. Stadtmueller, United States District Judge This case represents Wisconsin’s chapter in the ongoing, national debate about the role that labor unions play in the modern workplace and the extent to which they may be regulated by both state and federal governments. In 2015, Wisconsin joined the ranks of many sister states when it passed its own species of a so-called “right to work” law. See

OPINION AND ORDER MARY G. LEWIS, District Judge. Before this Court is Defendant International Brotherhood .of Electrical Workers Local Union 772’s (“Local 772”) Motion for Summary Judgment brought pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 52.) Local 772 submits that summary judgment should be entered in its favor on all counts of the Amended Complaint brought by Plai

MEMORANDUM OPINION CHARLES R. SIMPSON III, Senior District Judge. This matter is before the Court on the following motions: 1) cross motions for summary judgment (DNs 21, 25) filed by Plaintiffs National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“National Union”) and American Home Assurance Company (“American Home”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”), and

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Kirk Chappell appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Appellee on Chappell’s claims of negligence and breach of contract. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by th

Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, concurring in the judgment. When a public-sector union imposes a special assessment intended to fund solely political lobbying efforts, the First Amendment requires that the union provide nonmembers an opportunity to opt out of the contribution of funds. I therefore concur in the Court’s judgment. I concur only in the judgment, however, b

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER CARLTON W. REEVES, District Judge. This is a dispute regarding a withdrawal of funds prior to the dissolution of a local union chapter. The Court has reviewed the international union’s motion to dismiss along with the local chapter’s response thereto and, after due consideration, has concluded that the motion must be granted. However, the Court also grants the plaintif

MEMORANDUM RULING REBECCA F. DOHERTY, District Judge. Pending before this Court are two cross motions for summary judgment, as follows: (1) Motion for Summary Judgment filed by PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) [Doc. 71]; and (2) Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Office & Professional Employees International Union (“OPEIU”) and its Local Union 108 (“Local 108”) (hereinafter referred to collectively

TATEL, Circuit Judge, concurring: I write separately to explain why, even absent Weaver, I would conclude that LMRDA section 501 gives unions a cause of action. As I see it, the statute’s text and structure reveal Congress’s intent both to create federal rights and to allow unions to vindicate those rights in federal court. See Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275, 286, 121 S.Ct. 1511, 14

Alok Ahuja, Judge David Mitchell’s employment as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office was terminated, in August 2011. Mitchell was a member of Local 42 of the International Association of Firefighters, and his employment with the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office was governed by a collective bargaining agreement. Mitchell’s union representatives filed a grievance challenging his t

MEMORANDUM OPINION RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge Plaintiff International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (“SPFPA” or “plaintiff’) brings this action against defendant Assane Faye (“defendant”), alleging that defendant breached his fiduciary duties, duty of loyalty, and duties under the SPFPA Constitu

PER CURIAM: * A labor dispute between PHI, Incorporated (“PHI”) on the one hand and certain individual pilot employees (“Individual Pilots”), Office & Professional Employees International Union, and Local 108, Office & Professional Employees International Union (all collectively called the “Unions”) on the other hand spawned two appeals. The case giving rise to this appeal came to

Alok Ahuja, Judge Bryan Krantz served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office from 1984 until his employment was terminated in August 2011. Krantz was a member of Local 42 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, and his employment was governed by a collective bargaining agreement. Krantz’s union representatives filed a grievance challenging his termination. Followin

PER CURIAM: * The court has considered the briefs, oral arguments, and pertinent portions of the record. Having done so, we find no reversible error of fact or law and AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal without prejudice for substantially the reasons it articulated. AFFIRMED Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that t

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge. Ten years ago Certeo had one food-distribution warehouse in Madison, Wisconsin. Today it has four. As the labor force at the new warehouses grew, jobs at the original site on Verona Road dwindled. Certeo staffed the three new locations (Helgesen, Femrite, and Daniels) with non-union labor. It paid them more per hour than the union members received and o