ALLEN v. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL, ETC.

No. 20648.

338 F.2d 309 (1964)

D. R. ALLEN, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL, STAGE EMPLOYEES AND MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS OF the UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. V. Stelzelmuller, Birmingham, Ala., Moore, Thomas, Taliaferro, Forman & Burr, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel for appellant.

Frank B. Murdoch, Philadelphia, Pa., Erle Pettus, Birmingham, Ala., Bancroft D. Haviland, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., Rives, Peterson, Pettus & Conway, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

Before RIVES, JONES, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In Anniston, Alabama, a small, tightly closed local union of motion picture operators sought to enforce its closed shop policy by harassing the plaintiff into quitting his job as a projectionist in a drive-in theatre. The plaintiff was a member at large of the parent union. Several times he had tried to join the Local but its exclusive membership turned him down. When the stubborn plaintiff refused to quit his job, the Local filed charges with...

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