Opinion ID: 772930
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Heading: The First District Court Decision.

Text: 23 On July 27, 1998, pursuant to the procedures outlined in the Consent Decree, the IRB submitted an application to the District Court for the Southern District of New York, requesting that an order be entered affirming the IRB's decision regarding Carey and Hamilton. Both Carey and Hamilton submitted objections to the application, but the district court granted the application and affirmed the IRB decision. See Carey & Hamilton Discipline, 22 F. Supp. 2d 135. The district court rejected Carey's argument that there was insufficient evidence to support the IRB's finding that Carey knew of and approved the $735,000 in political contributions which resulted in a windfall to his campaign. Id. at 139-42. Similarly, the district court rejected Hamilton's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. Id. at 144. The court rejected Carey's claim that the denial of subpoena power deprived him of a full and fair hearing under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(5). Id. at 142. Similar to Carey, Hamilton argued that the denial of subpoena power, together with the IRB's refusal to grant his request to stay the IRB proceedings against him pending the outcome of the federal criminal investigation, foreclosed a full and fair hearing under the LMRDA. The district court found that Hamilton was not legally entitled to a stay in the proceedings or to the use of subpoena power. Id. at 143-44. The court additionally found that the penalties imposed on Carey and Hamilton, lifetime bans from employment with the IBT and similar bans from associating with members of the IBT, were within the IRB's discretion. Id. at 144-45. Carey and Hamilton submitted separate appeals. 24