Kanawha Valley Labor Council v. American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

The Kanawha Valley Labor Council (KVLC) sought relief from a trusteeship imposed on it by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). KVLC based its complaint on sections 302 and 304 of Title III of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 462, 464, and alleged that the trusteeship contravened those sections both by the purpose for which it was brought into existence and by the lack of fair process with which it was imposed. Jurisdiction was based upon sections 302 and 304 of the LMRDA and also…