Crocker v. Weil

The theory that the constitution of the international union constitues a contract between the international and the subscribing local union has been criticized and in some cases applied without strict adherence to the principles of contract law. The fact remains, however, that “The underlying legal theory defining the role of the court in internal union affairs is that the union constitution is a contract between the union and its members.” Summers, The Law of Union Discipline: What the Courts Do in Fact, 70 Yale L J 175, 179 (I960).① Some form of legal compact exists as a result of the…