HODGSON v. INTERNATIONAL PRINTING PRESS. & ASSIST. UNION

No. 20508.

440 F.2d 1113 (1971)

James D. HODGSON, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS' UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Horowitz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant; William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert V. Zener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Bowers, Jr., U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., on brief.

John S. McLellan, Kingsport, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before TOM C. CLARK, Associate Justice, and EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

In 1959 the United States Congress adopted legislative standards of fairness in relation to elections in labor organizations and provided for enforcement of those standards by the United States District Courts through complaints initiated by the Secretary of Labor. See Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 481 et seq. (Supp. V, 1969).

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