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5-30-2008

Veatch v. Allegheny County
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 07-3005




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                                                NOT PRECEDENTIAL

         UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
              FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

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                       No. 07-3005
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     REGIS G. VEATCH, a Pennsylvania Resident and;
           MARILYN S. VEATCH, his wife,

                            Appellants

                            v.

  ALLEGHENY COUNTY BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS;
   SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION

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      On Appeal from the United States District Court
            for the Western District of Pennsylvania
                  (D.C. Civil No. 07-cv-00140)
     District Judge: The Honorable Terrence F. McVerry

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        Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                     May 23, 2008

Before: SMITH, HARDIMAN, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.




                   (Filed May 30, 2008)
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                                OPINION OF THE COURT
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NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

       After his employment was terminated for misconduct, Appellant Regis Veatch

sued the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections for violations of the Labor

Management Relations Act . He also sued his union, the Service Employees International

Union, for an alleged breach of its duty of fair representation. The District Court

dismissed his complaint, determining that it lacked jurisdiction because neither Allegheny

County nor the SEIU are “employers” within the meaning of the LMRA.

       Before the District Court, and then again on appeal, Veatch argues that he was not

an employee of Allegheny County, but rather of the County Jail Oversight Board. Both

parties concede that the Allegheny County jail is operated and maintained by the County

Jail Oversight Board. In Crilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,

(3d Cir.1976), we held that a transportation authority was not an

“employer” for purposes of the LMRA because it was a political subdivision. We also

held that employees working for the authority could not be considered “employees”

within the meaning of the LMRA. The Board here, like the transportation authority in

Crilly, is a creature of statute and, therefore, a political subdivision of the government –

exempting it from the LMRA. We will affirm.




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