United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff's suspension from membership in a union is affirmed where defendant-union's constitution afforded broad authority to fashion remedies, such as suspension, that are permissible since they are less severe than the punishments authorized for plaintiff's misconduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2004
• Published 10/06/2004

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judge, MORDUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nathan A. Van Loon, Harris Chesworth & O'Brien, Rochester, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Seymour M. Waldman, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers., John A. Collins, (Eugene W. Salisbury, on the brief), Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local # 45, Daniel D. Rose, Gary J. Aberhorn, Scott E. Benk, Anthony C. Liscom, Roger C. Vaillancourt and James Wittman., E. Joseph Giroux, Jr., Creighton, Pearce, Johnsen & Giroux, Buffalo, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Region 2-Western New York Administrative District Council, Jeffrey J. Herman, Ronald G. Lechner and Steve Remington.