D. R. Allen v. International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage Employees and Moving Picture MacHine Operators of the United States and Canada, Afl-Cio

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In Anniston, Alabama, a small, tightly closed local union of motion picture operators sought to enforce its closed shop-policy by harassing the plaintiff into-quitting his job as a projectionist in a drive-in theatre. The plaintiff was a., member at large of the parent union.. Several times he had tried to join the-Local but its exclusive membership turned him down. When the stubborn-plaintiff refused to quit his job, the Local filed charges with the International that, the plaintiff was in violation of a union rule compelling him, as a non-member of' the Local, to leave…