Addison v. Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union

Claude J. Addison sued the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (Amalgamated), alleging that Amalgamated had discharged him from his employment as one of its international representatives in breach of its employment contract with him.

After Addison responded to Amalgamated’s requests for admissions and for production of documents, Amalgamated filed a motion for summary judgment. Amalgamated contended that Addison’s responses established, as a matter of law, that (1) Amalgamated was not the entity that employed Addison, and (2) that in any event, Addison’s alleged employment contract…