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BOUCHETTE v. INT'L LADIES GAR. WKR'S UNION

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245 S.C. 586 (1965)

141 S.E.2d 834

Thelma Bertha BOUCHETTE, by her Guardian ad Litem, Emmie Bouchette, Respondent, v. INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARment Worker's Union, AFL-CIO, LOCAL NO. 371, and International Ladies Garment Worker's Union, AFL-CIO, Appellants. Aloma Judith McKENZIE, Respondent, v. INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKER'S UNION, AFL-CIO, LOCAL NO. 371, and International Ladies Garment Worker's Union, AFL-CIO, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 20, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McEachin, Townsend & Zeigler, of Florence, for Appellants.

Messrs. Lumpkin, Kemmerlin & Medlock, of Columbia, for Respondents.

April 20, 1965.

LEWIS, Justice.

The sole question for determination in this appeal is whether Section 10-215 of the 1962 Code of Laws, by providing for suits against an unincorporated association under its common name without granting a corresponding right to bring suit, deprives such associations of the equal protection of the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution.

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