Hetrick v. Aluminum Workers International Union

MEMORANDUM

HUYETT, District Judge.

Defendant Lawrence Holley has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendant Holley argues that the statute upon which jurisdiction in this matter is based, 29 U.S.C. § 185,1 requires dismissal because he is being sued in his capacity as the President of defendant Aluminum Workers International Union, and that statute explicitly precludes money judgments against individual members of labor unions sued thereunder. Plaintiffs argue that 29 U.S.C. § 185 should be read more narrowly…