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UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION v. MICHIGAN BAR

No. 434.

401 U.S. 576 (1971)

UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION v. STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Naughton argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

A. D. Ruegsegger argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Phillip C. Kelly and Louis Rosenzweig.

J. Albert Woll, Laurence Gold, and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Michigan State Bar brought this action in January 1959 to enjoin the members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen1 from engaging in activities undertaken for the stated purpose of assisting their fellow workers, their widows and families, to protect themselves from excessive fees at the hands of incompetent attorneys in suits for damages under the Federal Employers' Liability...

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