Nicholas Yanity, Raymond Gawrys and George Hartung v. Clinton Benware and International Association of MacHinists

I dissent. In my opinion, both of plaintiffs’ claims under the Bill of Rights, section 101, of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), 73 Stat. 522 (1959), 29 U.S.C. § 411, are legally sufficient.

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I believe that plaintiffs’ allegation that defendants refused, in violation of the union constitution, to call a special meeting requested by a petition signed by the required number of members of the local for the purpose of considering an attempt to vacate the arbitration award as to plaintiffs states a claim upon which relief can be granted under section 101 (a) (2) of…