KRASKA v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 81-2922.

686 F.2d 202 (1982)

KRASKA, Walter and Gorka, Joseph v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al. Appeal of INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffith, Aponick & Musto, Kanjorski & Kanjorski, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Ralph E. Kates, III, Argued, Brian P. Dempsey, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Harrison Combs, Peter Mitchell, United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D. C., Melvin P. Stein (Argued), John M. Tishok, Kuhn, Engle & Stein, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants (except William Savitsky).

Robert C. Cohen (Argued), Markowitz & Richman, Philadelphia, Pa., for William Savitsky.

Before ADAMS and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and BLOCH, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises a narrow question of statutory construction: whether an intervening union election divests a federal district court of jurisdiction previously — and properly — assumed under Title I of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). We conclude that it does not, and accordingly affirm the order of the district court granting a preliminary injunction in favor of...

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