Legal Opinion
Hopson v. National Union of Marine Cooks & Stewards
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 27, 1953No. Civ. 15246PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, J. pro tem.
Plaintiff was a member of the defendant union and was purportedly expelled. Defendant appeals from a judgment in a mandamus proceeding directing the reinstatement of plaintiff in the union and awarding him damages for loss of earnings which resulted from the expulsion.
The plaintiff joined with other members of the union in opposing the adoption of a new constitution. This group published a paper which was highly critical of the union’s officers and their conduct of the union. As a result of this, charges were filed against the plaintiff and he was expelled from the…
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