Legal Opinion

Ballas v. McKiernan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 19, 1973PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartuscello, J.

The question arising on this appeal is whether fines imposed by a labor union on members‘pursuant to its constitution are judicially enforceable.

The plaintiff union commenced separate actions in the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, to recover fines which it had levied by its own internal processes against three of its members, the defendants.

The defendants are aircraft mechanics. Two of them are employed by National Airlines and the other by Eastern Airlines. Each defendant became a member of the plaintiff union by virtue of a union shop provision in the particular…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Scofield v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Airline Maintenance Lodge 702, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers v. Donald L. LoudermilkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Lowe v. FeldmanNew York Supreme Court · 1957
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. International Molders and Allied Workers Union, Local No. 125, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Johnson v. KayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  2. Johnson v. KayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  3. LaSonde v. SeabrookAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Simoni v. Civil Service Employees Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Falk v. Anesthesia Associates of JamaicaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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