Court Opinion

ID: 9430376
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:29:36.938328+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:24.245866
License: Public Domain

Justice White,
with whom the The Chief Justice joins, concurring.
I join the opinion and judgment of the Court with the following observations. First, since the Court, as did Judge Flaum in the Court of Appeals, deems it unnecessary to reach the issue of nongermane, nonideological expenditures, the panel’s remarks on the subject are therefore obvious dicta. Under our cases, they are also very questionable.
Second, as I understand the Court’s opinion, the complaining nonmember need only complain; he need not exhaust internal union hearing procedures, if any, before going to arbitration. However, if the union provides for arbitration and complies with the other requirements specified in our opinion, it should be entitled to insist that the arbitration procedure be exhausted before resorting to the courts.