Legal Opinion

Spica v. International Ladies Garment Workers' Union

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 29, 1957No. Appeal, No. 241PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Chidsey,

The sole but important question presented by this appeal derives from a preliminary objection filed by the defendant International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, hereinafter called the International, that service of process upon the Secretary-Treasurer of the Philadelphia Dress Joint Board, International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, hereinafter called the Joint Board, at the Joint Board Headquarters in Philadelphia, was insufficient to properly bring the International before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

The International is an unincorporated…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Simon v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  3. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Finishers' International Ass'n v. CaseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
  4. Claycraft Co. v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
  5. Donahue v. KenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Lower Frederick Township v. ClemmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Karl Rove & Company v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, and Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  3. Continental Casualty Co. v. Pro MacHineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, and Hugh L. Rutledge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  5. Morgan Drive Away, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959

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