TEAMSTERS (IBT)
IRB Member Didn't Recuse Himself
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals said Mar. 2 that Frederick
Lacey, a member of the Teamsters' court-appointed Independent Review Board
may have erred by not recusing himself from a case involving a critic of
ex-Teamster boss Ron Carey. Lacey openly supported Carey in the scandal-ridden
1996 Teamsters presidential election. Later, Lacey sat in judgment of Gene
Giacumbo, a union vice-president and ex-Carey supporter who turned on Carey.
The IRB banned Giacumbo from the union for life charging him with embezzling
union funds. The Court of Appeals said that Lacey should have excused himself
from the case because of his apparent favoritism of Carey, and remanded
the case to U.S. Dist. Court to make that determination. [Detroit News
3/3/99]
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