John M. Burch v. International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal John Burch seeks relief from a lower court judgment which held that his membership in appellee, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), had been lawfully terminated for nonpayment of dues and that his term as President and General Chairman of the Executive Board of District Lodge No. 145 had thereby abruptly ended.

Burch raises three issues: first, that the action of IAM in terminating his membership was in violation of the freedom of speech provision of the LandrumGriffin Act, 1 second, that the district court erred in its…