Teamsters Local Union No. 406 v. Crane

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, “the international union,” appeals the district court’s decision that the inter*711national union had imposed an unlawful trusteeship over Teamsters Local Union No. 406, “the union local.” The international union also challenges the court’s order requiring it to pay the costs and expenses of an election to select new officers of the union local. Because we believe the district court erred in its choice and application of law, we reverse.

This dispute has its origins in 1984 when the union local conducted a…