Turner v. Local Lodge 455 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge:

These two cases, consolidated for trial, were brought in the Northern District of Alabama, 528 F.Supp. 1008, to recover damages for an alleged breach of the “Bill of Rights” provision of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), in that the three plaintiffs, contrary to 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(5), were “otherwise disciplined” by Local Lodge 455, their union, without the notice of “specific charges” and the remaining panoply of due process protections that the statute requires. After a trial before a jury, the court ordered a verdict for the…