ERKINS v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 82-7217.

723 F.2d 837 (1984)

Elbert ERKINS, and Samuel Denson, and Perry Culpepper, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, and United Steelworkers of America, Local 7326, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Jacobson, Walter F. Kelly, Milwaukee, Wis., William I. Grubb, II, Eufaula, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David M. Silberman, Peter O'Neil Shinevar, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, and RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Upon expiration of their collective bargaining agreement with American Buildings Co., Steelworkers struck. The strike lasted nearly two years, and NLRB decertified the union as the bargaining representative of the employees. For summary judgment purposes the district court accepted as true allegations that during the strike officers of the union embezzled funds, self dealt, misadvised the union membership on their replacement rights, failed to...

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