HARRIS v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASS'N, LOCAL 1291

Civ. A. No. 31377.

205 F.Supp. 45 (1962)

Herbert HARRIS, William McCoy, Richard Martin, Charles McClellan, Wylie Milner, A. Welly, Fred Jackson, R. Byrd, Columbus Oliny, Joe A. Fliks, A. B. Johnson, Johns Crelkin, Yakooh Habah, James Farthing, George Baskerville, George Cheets, Belton Hammett, Abdullah Ahmad Bey, James Rich, Harry Ford, Columbus Lowry, Burwell Harris, Herbert McCoy, W. Budd, Bernie Quaos, Charles Duera, Cecil Shaw, Wilkie Johnson, Wright Williams, Joseph Colter, and Fred Bell v. The INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION, LOCAL NO. 1291 and Richard L. Askew, President of Local No. 1291.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman by Harry Lore, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs (members of Local 1291) claim a denial of the rights, particularly the right to express their views, arguments and opinions and their views upon Union business at its meetings, assured them by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S. C.A. § 411). See Hughes v. Local No. 11 of Intern. Ass'n of Bridge, etc., 287 F.2d 810 (3rd Cir.1961). Plaintiffs and respondents presented...

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