Busby v. Electric Utilities Employees Union

In this case the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, pursuant to Judicial Code, § 239, 28 U. S. C. § 346, has certified to this Court the following question:

“Is an unincorporated Labor Union, with its principal office in the District of Columbia, suable as such in an action in debt brought against it in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, where service of process is duly had upon its President at its principal office?”

Rule 17 (b) of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts of-the United States provides, in the case of a party other than…