Ronald Roland, Individually and as Chairman of Local Council 1 v. Air Line Employees Association, International and Republic Airlines, Inc.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants, Ronald Roland, et al., appeal the denial of their motion for preliminary injunctive relief to dissolve the trusteeships imposed upon eleven Local Councils of the Air Line Employees Association, International (“ALEA”), by Victor Herbert, president of the ALEA. We affirm. 1

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The ALEA is the certified bargaining representative for employees of various national and regional airlines, including some 6,200 clerical, office, fleet, and passenger service employees of Republic Airlines. 2 The ALEA is structured into thirty-three Local Councils and each…