Leo v. Local Union No. 612 of International Union of Operating Engineers

(dissenting) — The plaintiffs, Howard A. Leo, Fred E. Brown, and J. B. Burns, each brought a separate action against Local Union No. 612 of International Union of Operating Engineers, a voluntary association, James Estep, as its president, and Earl Palmatier, as its business agent and financial secretary, as defendants, to recover for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of their discharge from their respective jobs in the Seattle-Tacoma shipyard. It was alleged by plaintiffs Leo and Brown that their discharge was effected by their wrongful expulsion from the defendant union,…