Trbovich v. United Mine Workers

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Trbovich v. United Mine Workers
Argued November 18, 1971
Decided January 17, 1972
Full case nameTrbovich v. United Mine Workers, et al.
Citations404 U.S. 528 (more)
92 S. Ct. 630; 30 L. Ed. 2d 686; 15 Fed. R. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 1083; 79 L.R.R.M. 2193
Case history
PriorOn appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Holding
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 does not bar union members from intervening in enforcement proceedings brought by the United States Department of Labor in enforcement proceedings under the Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityMarshall, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Blackmun
Concur/dissentDouglas
Rehnquist, Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Trbovich v. United Mine Workers, 404 U.S. 528 (1972), is a 6–1 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 gave union members the right to intervene in enforcement proceedings brought by the United States Department of Labor in enforcement proceedings under the Act.[1][2]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Trbovich v. United Mine Workers, 404 U.S. 528 (1972).
  2. ^ Goldberg, Michael J. "Present at the Creation: Clyde Summers and the Field of Union Democracy Law." Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal. 2010, p. 144-146.

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