Herman v. United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers

The plaintiffs raise two questions upon this appeal: (1) Was the purported affiliation of KWA with UAW-CIO legal? (2) Are plaintiffs proper parties to commence the action asking for the relief requested in their complaint ?

We are taking up question (2) first, because, if the plaintiffs are not proper parties to bring the action, there will be no necessity of determining the. first question. A voluntary unincorporated association is a name applied to. a group of individuals who have joined together for a certain object and who are called, for convenience, by a common name. The constitution and…