Dobson v. Chicago & Northeast Illinois District, United Brotherhood of Carpenters

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought suit for injunctive and declaratory relief pursuant to Section 102 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), 29 U.S.C. § 412, and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202. We rule herein on plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction suspending the dues checkoff. That motion is denied because the probability of success on the merits is insufficient given the minimal degree to which the balance of harms favors granting the injunction.

*349FACTS

This dispute arises out of the procedures surrounding a…