Weber v. Marine Cooks' & Stewards' Ass'n

This is an action for declaratory relief involving the status of the constitution and by-laws of defendant labor union, an unincorporated association. The complaint was filed by a group of members of the Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Association of the Pacific Coast, sometimes known as the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, on behalf of all of the members who chose to join with them.

The trial court found that in the attempted adoption of the new constitution the association- did not comply with the provisions of the original and controlling constitution. The first constitution may be…