John Smith, Mitchell Griggs, and Addie Steward v. Office and Professional Employees International Union John Kelly, and George Porcaro

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case filed an action under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. and the District Judge dismissed the case under that Act for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

The problem arises out of the imposition by the Office and Professional Employees International Union of a trusteeship on its Local 512. Local 512 represents only supervisors employed by the State of Michigan. Plaintiffs alleged that the trusteeship violates §§ 302 and 304(c) of the LMRDA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 462 and 464(c), and…