Parks v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

A dispute between an international union and one of its component local unions which led to the revocation of the local’s charter and the establishment of a new local embracing its jurisdiction, occasioned two suits against the international. One was brought by the local union and the other by five of its members in behalf of the membership, both suits seeking declaratory judgments and injunctive relief to restore the local to good standing in the international and to obtain incidental relief. The two suits have been consolidated. The revocation action complained of was…