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COX v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

No. 81-4320 Summary Calendar.

672 F.2d 421 (1982)

Walter COX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, AFL-CIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross R. Barnett, Sr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles T. Sykes, Jr., Gulfport, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, SAM D. JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A Mississippi resident sued another Mississippi resident and the union to which they both belonged, the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, and the International's Local 624, alleging that the individual defendant, who is an officer of Local 624, slandered him. The defendants promptly removed to federal court alleging that the action is one over which the United States District Courts are given original jurisdiction under 29 U.S.C. §...

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