Legal Opinion
A.S. Newell v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1986No. 85-4003PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are fourteen electrical workers who are members of Local Union 733, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (International), located in Pascagoula, Mississippi. In December 1975 and February 1976, IBEW Local 1317 in Laurel, Mississippi permitted appellants to transfer their membership to Local 1317 and to upgrade their classifications to journeymen wiremen.
The International rescinded both the transfers and classification changes on grounds that the action of the Laurel local violated the International constitution…
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3Cited by36 opinions
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