Legal Opinion
Textile Workers Union v. Federal Labor Union No. 21500
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 10, 1940No. 7 Div. 631PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
This cause involves the ownership of certain funds as between two local labor unions, unincorporated associations of union workers.
The suit was brought in the name of the appellee union, individual members of this union joining as plaintiffs, against appellant union, and certain officers and members thereof, as defendants.
In Alabama such suit may, by statute, be brought by and in the name of one unincorporated association against another. Code 1923, § 5723 et seq.
The claims of the parties arise from a chain of facts in course of union labor activities. We summarize the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Harris Ex Rel. Carpenters Union No. 2573 v. BackmanOregon Supreme Court · 1938
- Local No. 2508 Lumber & Sawmill Workers v. CairnsWashington Supreme Court · 1938
- Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union No. 2623 v. International Woodworkers of America, Local No. 49Washington Supreme Court · 1938
- Low v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
- O'Neill v. DelaneyNew York Supreme Court · 1909
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- Plumbers & Pipefitters v. Plumbers & PipefittersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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