United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 905 F.2d 610 (2d Cir. 1990)

The Second Circuit affirmed orders sustaining the Independent Administrator's disciplinary authority under the Teamsters Consent Decree, and rejected the argument that a General Executive Board resolution bound the Administrator.

Date: 1990-06-01
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: Dockets 89-6248, 89-6250, 90-6136, 90-6138, 90-6142 (2d Cir.); 905 F.2d 610
Rights: Opinion of a United States court. Works of the federal judiciary are in the public domain in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105). The text was read on CourtListener (Free Law Project).

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, argued 30 April 1990 and decided 1 June 1990.

The appeals came from the district court’s orders, among them 725 F. Supp. 162, sustaining the disciplinary authority of the Independent Administrator, Frederick B. Lacey, over Harold Friedman, the union’s eleventh vice president, and Anthony Hughes. The union had argued that a resolution of its General Executive Board interpreting the union constitution bound the Administrator. The court disagreed and affirmed.

The ruling concerns the reach of the Consent Decree. It is not a ruling on the merits of the disciplinary charges.

itemUnited States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 725 F. Supp. 162 (S.D.N.Y. 1989): Application III of the Independent AdministratorOne of the first opinions implementing the 14 March 1989 Teamsters Consent Decree. The court upheld the court-appointed Independent Administrator's authority to hold disciplinary hearings on charges against two union officers.itemUnited States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 931 F.2d 177 (2d Cir. 1991): the Election Rules decisionThe Second Circuit largely affirmed the order approving the court-appointed Election Officer's rules for the 1991 Teamsters election under the Consent Decree, modifying the rules on aid to candidates from non-members.itemUnited States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 941 F.2d 1292 (2d Cir. 1991): Senese and Talerico appealThe Second Circuit affirmed the orders upholding union disciplinary sanctions on Dominic Senese and Joseph Talerico, imposed "by reason of, among other things, their association with organized crime."