Legal Opinion
Ransdell v. Local Lodge 1904 IAMAW
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 21, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 72-C-55Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is a suit by several members of the defendant union, financed by their employer, Northwest Airlines, seeking to restrain the union from disciplining them for crossing the picket lines of a sister union during a strike in 1970. On September 6, 1973, defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted because counsel admitted that the employer, Northwest Airlines, was financing the lawsuit. The Court found this to be in violation of § 101(a)(4) of the Landrum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C. § 411(a)(4), which prohibits employer financed lawsuits by union members…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- R. J. Adamszewski v. Local Lodge 1487, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospaceworkers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1974