IRON WORKERS v. PERKO

No. 482.

373 U.S. 701 (1963)

LOCAL NO. 207, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS UNION, ET AL. v. PERKO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Feller argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Jerry D. Anker and Joseph Schiavoni.

Martin S. Goldberg argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

J. Albert Woll, Robert C. Mayer, Theodore J. St. Antoine and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, involving a suit by a union member against a local union, raises issues of federal preemption similar to those considered in Local 100, United Assn. of Journeymen v. Borden, ante, p. 690, also decided today.

In the present case the respondent, Jacob Perko, filed a complaint in a state court against Local 207 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental...

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