Legal Opinion
Powell v. United Ass'n of Plumbers & Steamfitters of United States & Canada
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1925PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
The complaint, read in its entirety, exhibits a cause of action to stay the enforcement of the defendant's resolution consolidating the local unions during the pendency of the appeal already taken by the plaintiffs to the convention of the members.
The judgment goes farther, and upon a finding that the resolution was passed in violation of the constitution and the by-laws, declares it illegal and restrains its enforcement forever.
Courts are reluctant to interfere by injunction in controversies that touch the internal management of foreign corporations (Sauerbrunn v. Hartford Life Ins. Co., 220…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Travis v. . Knox Terpezone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Matter of Brown v. . Order of ForestersNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Kimball v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Sauerbrunn v. . Hartford Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Hickey v. BaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
3Cited by13 opinions
- Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Snay v. CollisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Mayer v. Oxidation Products Co., Inc.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1932
- Ellis v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Levy v. Pacific Eastern Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1934
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