Brenner v. Local 514, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America

I join in the majority’s opinion in all respects except for its failure to reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the “United Brotherhood” or “International”) on the plaintiffs’ section 301 LMRA claim. As to that issue, I respectfully dissent.

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Significantly, this case does not involve the situation where an employer or some third party, to whom an international union has no formal or contractual relationship and owes no duty, attempts to impose liability on the international union for the illegal acts of…