Yellow Bus Lines, Inc. v. Drivers, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union 639

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

This litigation arises from events surrounding a four day strike by employees of Yellow Bus Lines, Inc. for recognition by the company of a union local, Drivers, Chauffeurs, and Helpers Local 639 (“Local 639” or “the Local”), as their collective bargaining representative. Believing that the union had engaged in a campaign of violence to sabotage the company and obtain labor concessions, Yellow Bus and three of its officers (“Yellow Bus” or “appellants”) filed claims and counterclaims in these consolidated cases against the Local and its business agent and trustee James…