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TURNER v. DEMPSTER

Nos. 83-2407, 84-1703.

743 F.2d 1301 (1984)

Peter TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul DEMPSTER, President and individually, and Sailors' Union of the Pacific, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellants. Peter TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul DEMPSTER and Sailors' Union of the Pacific, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Henning, Henning, Walsh & Ritchie, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Paul Alan Levy, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUG, TANG and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The union constitution provided that only "full book" members could vote on all union-related matters. Members attain full book status by working on a ship at sea for six years. Members who have not attained full book status may exercise only limited rights within the union. In a 1981 constitutional referendum, full book members voted to raise quarterly dues from $30 to $50 and to reduce the time required to attain full book status from six...

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