PURCELL v. KEANE

No. 18244.

438 F.2d 103 (1971)

Gervase J. PURCELL, Jr., Gregory Horan, John R. Keenan, Samuel J. Rosato, James J. Higgins, and Ronald McGuigan, on behalf of Local 169, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, v. Frank KEANE, Archie McGowan, Frank Burdy, Bernard Marcus, Andrew O'Hara, William Maloney, and Fireman's Fund American Insurance Co. Edward J. Hartsough — Deft. on counterclaim. Petitioner-Intervenor, Local 169, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard N. Katz, Meranze, Katz, Spear & Bielitsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

James A. Burgess, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge and FREEDMAN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Teamsters Local 169 has taken this appeal from an order denying its motion to intervene in this proceeding in which certain members of the union have been permitted to sue on behalf of the union to recover from defendants, who are present or past union officers, the amounts of allegedly wrongful expenditures of union funds. The complaint charges that the challenged expenditures were for personal benefit and not for proper...

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