Legal Opinion
Bunz v. Moving Picture Machine Operators' Protective Union Local 224
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 16, 1977No. 76-1599PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
The question presented in this case is whether the federal courts have jurisdic*126tion of a union member’s claim that he was denied the “equal right to vote” guaranteed by the Landrum-Griffin Act1 when his union conducted a referendum in plain disregard of its by-laws. We conclude that the District Court properly took jurisdiction, and affirm its judgment on the merits.
FACTS
Plaintiff Bunz is a member of the Moving Picture Machine Operators’ Protective Union Local 224, a District of Columbia labor organization. During a…
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