LINN v. UNITED PLANT GUARD WORKERS OF AMER., LOCAL 114

No. 15548.

337 F.2d 68 (1964)

William C. LINN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED PLANT GUARD WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 114, a labor association, Leo J. Doyle, Benton I. Bilbrey, W. T. England, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Welday, Jr., Southfield, Mich. (Welday, O'Leary, Goldstone & Bichan, Southfield, Mich., on the brief), for appellant.

Nancy Jean Van Lopik, Detroit, Mich. (Livingston, Gregory, Van Lopik & Cranefield, Winston L. Livingston, Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellees.

Before CECIL and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the National Labor Relations Board has preempted the diversity jurisdiction of a district court to entertain an action to recover damages for libel committed by a union and its officers in the course of, and arising out of tactics employed in, a union's organization campaign. The District Court so held in dismissing, on motion, such an action commenced by a management official against a union and...

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