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AMIRAULT v. SHAUGHNESSY

No. 256, Docket 84-7623.

749 F.2d 140 (1984)

Imogene AMIRAULT and Ellison Skidmore, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. John W. SHAUGHNESSY, Jr., and Telecommunications International Union, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Penny Clark, Washington, D.C. (Michael H. Gottesman, Bredoff & Kaiser, and Ronald Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Bertram Perkel, New York City (Michael B. Golden, Stephen Reese, and Hartman & Craven, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants John W. Shaughnessy, Jr. and Telecommunications International Union, Inc.

Craig Becker, Washington, D.C. (John C. Dempsey, Kirschner, Weinberg, Dempsey, Walters & Willig, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendant-intervenor-appellant American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Shaughnessy, Telecommunications International Union ("TIU") and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO ("AFSCME") appeal from an order forbidding eleven of TIU's thirteen member unions from participating in a special convention and referendum to determine the future affiliation of TIU with AFL-CIO unions.

We reverse.

BACKGROUND

This action involves the labor union counterpart...

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