Calagaz V. DeFries

This appeal is from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, denying appellant’s motion for a preliminary injunction. The case involves a dispute between National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, AFL-CIO, hereinafter National, and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Local 14, hereinafter Local 14, which is or was originally chartered by National, relative to the internal organization and affairs of National. In addition to the requested preliminary injunction, certain declaratory relief was also sought by appellant.1

In the month of May,…