International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Local Lodge D129 of the Cement, Lime, Gypsum & Allied Workers Division of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Cholakis, J., granting plaintiffs-appellees’ motion for a preliminary injunction enforcing trusteeship on Local Lodge D129 pursuant to section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a). The question presented on appeal is whether the trusteeship was established in accordance with Section 302 of the Landrum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C. § 462, which mandates that trusteeships be imposed only on “subordinate bod[ies]” of the parent labor union.

We…