BOUSE v. BURNS


464 P.2d 318 (1970)

Roger L. BOUSE, Individually and As Representative of All the Members of United Papermakers and Paperworkers, Afl-Cio, Local 166, an Unincorporated Association, Appellants, v. Donald BURNS, Elwood Cushman, Karl Hopp, Richard W. Long and John Hanthorne, Individually and As Representatives of All Members of Local 166, Association of Western Pulp and Paperworkers, the First National Bank of Oregon, a Corporation, and the United States National Bank of Oregon, a Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Hafer, Seattle, Wash., argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Warren Woods, Washington, D.C., and Herbert B. Galton, Portland.

Don S. Willner, Portland, argued the cause for respondents Donald Burns, Elwood Cushman, Karl Hopp, Richard W. Long and John Hanthorne, individually and as representatives of all members of Local 166, Association of Western Pulp and Paperworkers. With him on the brief were Willner, Bennett & Leonard, Portland.

No appearance for respondents First National Bank and the United States National Bank.


TONGUE, Justice.

This is a suit to recover the assets of a local union of pulp and paper mill workers at Oregon City, which in 1964 seceded from the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paperworkers, AFL-CIO, (to be referred to as the "International") along with a number of other local unions in Oregon and Washington, which then became local unions of a new Association of Western Pulp and Paperworkers (to be referred to as the "Association").

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