Patricia Charvet v. International Longshoremen's Association, Afl-Cio

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide the limits on standing to sue under section 303(b) of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”). 1 Appellant Patricia Char-vet sued the appellee International Longshoremen’s Association (“ILA”) under section 303(b) for damages allegedly sustained as a result of an illegal secondary boycott conducted by the ILA. The essence of the appellant’s complaint is that the ILA engaged in a secondary boycott proscribed by section 8(b)(4) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 158(b)(4) (1976), when, in January 1980,…