Reich v. District Lodge 720

11 F.3d 1496 145 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2001 , 62 USLW 2396 , 127 Lab.Cas. P 10,972 Robert REICH, * Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DISTRICT LODGE 720, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS and AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-55154. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 1993. Decided Dec. 16, 1993. Mary A. Sedgwick, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Robert A. Bush, Taylor, Roth, Bush & Geffner, Burbank, CA, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: WOOD, Jr., ** REINHARDT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 The primary question before us is what a union must do to comply with the provision of section 401(e) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ("LMRDA") that requires unions to give notice of union elections to their members. Here we consider the rules that apply when notice is given by mailing the union newspaper to the membership. There is little case law on point. I. Facts and Proceedings 2 On July 19, 1989, District 720,…