Legal Opinion
Amalgamated Cloth. Wkrs., Bank and File Committee v. Amalgamated Cloth. Wkrs., Philadelphia Joint Bd.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-2144PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN W. LORD, Jr., Chief Judge.
The Court has been called upon by plaintiffs, self-styled dissident members of the defendant union, to enjoin a nominating meeting scheduled for September 8, 1971, 1 at which business agent candidates may be nominated; to enjoin the enforcement of certain articles and sections of Union bylaws; and other declaratory and injunctive relief. The thrust of plaintiffs’ complaint is that the articles complained of vest in the Union’s Board of Directors such power over elections as to have a chilling effect on the First Amendment rights of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bantam Books, Inc. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Calhoon v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harvey v. CalhoonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
3Cited by2 opinions
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Rank and File Committee v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Philadelphia, Joint BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Charles E. Helton v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981