Legal Opinion
Herman Rekant v. Shochtay-Gasos Union Local 446 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 21, 1963No. 14110PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant appeals from the judgment of the district court finding that it had violated Section 101(a) (5) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 1 (LMRDA) and awarding nominal damages in favor of appellee.
Appellant is a labor union affiliated with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. It has approximately twenty-three members, all of whom are shochtim (kosher slaughterers) who work in the handful of Philadelphia meat packing firms that slaughter meat in accordance with the laws of the Jewish religion. Appellee, a…
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