District Union Local 227, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America v. Fleischaker

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellants, District Union Local 227, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, (hereinafter referred to as the Local), and two of its officers seek to reverse a judgment in favor of appellee, Leopold Fleis-chaker, d/b/a Fleischaker Company. The judgment was entered on a verdict awarding appellee $30,000 compensatory and $20,-000 punitive damages based upon its finding that appellants had unlawfully damaged ap-pellee’s meat packing business pursuant to a formed conspiracy.

The Local has represented appellee’s employees since 1945. During 1952,…