American Federation of Musicians v. Wittstein

The issue presented in thesé suits is whether § 101 (a) (3) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 1 providing that the dues of an international union “shall not. be increased . . . except ... by majority vote of the delegates voting at a regular convention” prohibits the vote of delegates at a national convention of the union, as authorized by its constitution, from being weighted and counted according to the number of members in the local that the delegate represents.

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The petitioner American Federation of Musicians (Federation) is an international labor organization…