Ross v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

OPINION

Before HAMLEY, MERRILL and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves grievances alleged by appellant1 to have been suffered by him in connection with a local union election. The question presented on this appeal is whether Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. § 481 et seq., and specifically § 402 of Title IV, 29 U.S.C. § 482, provides the exclusive method of protecting the rights asserted by appellant and thus deprives the district court of jurisdiction. Such was the view of the district court in dismissing…