INTERNATIONAL BROTH. OF E. W., L. 336 v. ILLINOIS BELL T. CO.

No. 73-1452.

496 F.2d 1 (1974)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 336, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert A. Cornfield and Thomas W. Duda, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward W. Bergmann, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff IBEW sued Illinois Bell Telephone Co. to prevent it from financing the defense of IBEW members in a state court suit for enforcement of union fines. The question on appeal is whether section 101 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (29 U.S.C. § 411) confers on a labor union the right to resolve its disputes with dissident members without financial support of those members by their employer.

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