DISTRICT 50, UNITED MINE WKRS. v. INTERNATIONAL U., U. M. W.

No. 22028.

412 F.2d 165 (1969)

DISTRICT 50, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, a/k/a International Union of District 50, United Mine Workers of America, et al., Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jack H. Weiner, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Joseph C. Wells and Alfred D. Treherne, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Willard P. Owens, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward L. Carey, Harrison Combs and Walter E. Gillcrist, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

District 50, United Mine Workers, appeals from the grant of a preliminary injunction restraining it from using that name. The dispute arises from a schism which arose last spring between the appellant and the International Union of the United Mine Workers, the plaintiff below. As a result of policy differences on sundry matters between the leadership of District 50 and the Mine Workers, the latter seeks to protect itself and the public from the...

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