Knox v. International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agriculture Implement Workers

LEVIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff brings an action for damages and injunctive relief under Title 1 of the Landrum-Griffln Act, 29 U.S.C. § 412, effective September 14, 1959. The defendants move to dismiss because the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and, in the alternative, because the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter.

Plaintiff, an employee of Ford Motor Company, was suspended from the defendant union in 1953. He alleges that this dismissal was improper and that he is therefore entitled under 29 U.S.C. § 411(a) (5) to the restoration of all the…