Gilbert v. Hoisting & Portable Engineers, Local Union No. 701

This is a suit in equity brought against the Hoisting & Portable Engineers Local 701 by plaintiffs as representatives of all the members of the local union. Plaintiffs pray for the appointment of a receiver, for an accounting, and for other incidental relief.

The gravamen of the complaint is that four of the officers of the local union had failed to follow “democratic processes” in the conduct of the affairs of the union in various particulars. It is charged that these officers were elected as a result of a fraudulent election in which they caused invalid ballots to be cast and that the…