Legal Opinion
James Morrissey, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. National Maritime Union of America, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, and Joseph Curran
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 24, 1976No. 615-617, Docket 75-7457, 75-7459 and 75-7467PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
We have here a set of appeals by defendants and a limited cross-appeal by plaintiff in an action brought in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiff Morrissey, a member of defendant National Maritime Union of America (NMU or the Union), obtained a modest award of compensatory damages and a large award of punitive damages against the Union and three individual defendants. The complaint stated two claims. One charged violations of § 101(a)(2) and (5) of the Landrum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(2) and (5). The other was a pendent claim for…
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