Air Line Stewards & Stewardesses Ass'n v. Quinn

This cause began as an equitable proceeding in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking, inter alia, a judicial determination of the lawful union representation of a labor group identified as the air-line stewards and stewardesses. The suit was instituted as a class action by officers and other named members of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), a voluntary unincorporated trade association, against the then officers of the ALPA’s then affiliate, the Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association (ALSSA), alleging mismanagement of union affairs and violations of the ALPA constitution,…