GAVIN v. STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS LOCAL NO. 1

No. 75-1693.

553 F.2d 28 (1977)

John GAVIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS LOCAL NO. 1 OF the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS, an unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald White, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Sugarman, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and PELL, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to consider whether appellants have adequately stated a claim that they are members, and thus entitled to the "equal rights and privileges" of membership in the defendant local union, as required by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 411. Jurisdiction over the subject matter of this case was based on § 102 of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 412, which provides a cause of action for...

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