Legal Opinion

White v. King

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided November 9, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 69-1425PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEEBE, District Judge:

This suit arose in the aftermath of the longshoremen’s strike of 1968. On February 25, 1969, the members of Local 854 of the Dockloaders and Unloaders of Freight Cars and Barges I.L.A. voted on a proposed new contract settling the strike. Included in that vote was a proposal to raise union dues from two cents an hour to six cents an hour by a checkoff authorization plan. Both proposals were passed by standing vote of a majority of the membership. Plaintiffs Oliver W. White and Melvin Wynne, longshoremen in good standing, and members of the local, did not vote on these…

2Cases cited12 opinions

National Labor Relations Board v. Brown & Root, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
Rambert L. Simmons v. Avisco, Local 713, Textile Workers Union of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers v. E. T. BraswellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
National Labor Relations Board v. Miami Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
Gartner v. SolonerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by15 opinions

James Morrissey, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. National Maritime Union of America, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, and Joseph CurranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
Alfred E. Keene, Cross-Appellant v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 624, Afl-Cio, R. H. Byrd and Stanley Byrd, Sr., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
Berg v. WatsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976
Ed Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
Johnson v. KayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990

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