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DiLUZIO v. UNITED ELEC., RADIO & MACH. WKRS. OF AM.

386 Mass. 314 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 1027

ANITA FAYE DiLUZIO vs. UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 274 & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

May 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dannie B. Fogelman for the plaintiff.

Leonard D. Polletta, of New York, for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

We consider whether our common law rule that labor unions as unincorporated voluntary associations are not legal entities for the purpose of suing or being sued "is suited to present conditions." Secretary of the Commonwealth v. City Clerk of Lowell, 373 Mass. 178, 185 (1977). We conclude that it is not, and we hold that labor unions are legal entities for the purposes of suing or being sued.

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