Legal Opinion
Strauss v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 27358PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARY, District Judge.
This suit arises under the recent Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, Public Law 86-257, 29 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”). Section 504 of that Act is designed to prohibit certain persons (whom Congress determined were undesirable for the labor movement) from holding any office in a labor union. The question of whether Leon Strauss, the plaintiff in the present case, is such a person, produced the present controversy.
The plaintiff has been employed consistently since 1954 as a Business Agent for Local 596 of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Truax v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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3Cited by19 opinions
- The Grand Lodge of the International Association of MacHinists Etc. v. John J. King, Earl N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Paul J. Sheridan v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local No. 626, an Unincorporated AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Fulton Lodge No. 2 of the International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Franklin NixCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Anthony Tomko v. Paul Hilbert and Michael KreheleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Thompson v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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