BACKO v. LOCAL 281, UNITED BRO. OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS

No. 68-CV-186.

308 F.Supp. 172 (1969)

Andrew BACKO, Mike Karaman, Casimir Macko, James Barno and Ercell Cummings, Plaintiffs, v. LOCAL 281, UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, Rudy Colton, Individually and as President of Local 281, Duane Kane, Individually and as Vice President of Local 281, Sebastian Paterninti, Individually and as Treasurer of Local 281, Election Committee of Local 281, for the June 1968 Elections, consisting of Julius Amadio, Chairman et al., and Ervin B. Lambert, Business Agent and Financial Secretary, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. New York.

December 29, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelos Peter Romas, Endicott, N. Y., for plaintiffs; Theo. J. Totolis, Endicott, N. Y., of counsel.

McMahon & Crotty, Buffalo, N. Y., for defendants; Thomas P. McMahon, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel.


OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.*

This is a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, pursuant to Rule 50(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., as to all defendants who were found guilty by a jury of civil contempt, and a motion for a judgment of acquittal, pursuant to Rule 29, Fed.R.Crim.P., as to two defendants, Rudy Colton and Ervin B. Lambert, who were found guilty by the same jury of criminal contempt.

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