Local 334, United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry v. United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the August 20, 1979, order of the district court, dismissing plaintiff Local 334’s suit challenging its consolidation with neighboring local unions for failure to exhaust its internal union remedies and, in the alternative, granting summary judgment to the defendant United Association on the issue of whether the challenged consolidation violated the union constitution. In a prior opinion, we held that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, vacated the judgment, and directed that the case be remanded to…