Kraska, Walter and Gorka, Joseph v. United Mine Workers of America Appeal of International Union, United Mine Workers of America

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises a narrow question of statutory construction: whether an intervening union election divests a federal district court of jurisdiction previously — and properly — assumed under Title I of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). We conclude that it does not, and accordingly affirm the order of the district court granting a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs.

I

Plaintiffs Walter Kraska and Joseph Gorka were the President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, of District 25, a territorial unit of…