Legal Opinion
Highway & City Freight Drivers, Dockmen and Helpers, Local Union No. 600, a Voluntary Unincorporated Labor Organization v. Gordon Transports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1978No. 77-1542PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
In this case we are asked to decide whether a labor union is a “person” who may file a petition for voluntary bankruptcy under § 4(a) of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 22(a). In 1970 Highway and City Freight Drivers, Dockmen and Helpers Local Union No. 600 (hereinafter the Union) engaged in an unlawful strike which resulted in a judgment of approximately six million dollars against it, and in favor of more than 60 motor freight carrier companies. See Motor Carriers Council of St. Louis, Inc. v. Local Union No. 600, 370 F.Supp. 461 (E.D.Mo.1972), aff’d, 486 F.2d 650 (8th…
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