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SEWELL v. GRAND LODGE OF INT. ASS'N OF MACH. & AERO. WKRS.

No. 30537.

445 F.2d 545 (1971)

William E. SEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The GRAND LODGE OF the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. McRae, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. R. Goldthwaite, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Plato E. Papps, Bernard Dunau, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and GEWIN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal illustrates the recurring problem of accommodating two conflicting policies: the policy that the courts should abstain from interfering with the internal management of labor unions and the policy that the courts should protect fundamental rights of individual labor union members which Congress has denominated collectively as the "Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations", under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure...

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