USERY v. LOCAL UNION 1177, LABORERS' INTERN. UNION

No. 74-3908.

536 F.2d 583 (1976)

W. J. USERY, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCAL UNION 1177, LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Gonzales, U. S. Atty., Robert S. Leake, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., L. Patrick Gray, III, Harland F. Leathers, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William J. Kilberg, Sol. of Labor, Beate Bloch, Assoc. Sol., Jerome J. Davis, U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Steve LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, JONES and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge:

Local Union 177, Laborers' International Union of North America AFL-CIO held a regularly scheduled election of officers on May 29, 1971. Four incumbent officers of the union, who sought reelection, served for pay as members of an election committee. They were reelected. On June 21, 1971, Arthur Thomas and others filed a protest of the election with the union. The Executive Board of the union rejected the protest on July 23, 1971. Thomas filed...

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