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HECHLER v. INTERN. BROTH. OF ELEC. WORKERS, AFL-CIO

No. 84-5799.

772 F.2d 788 (1985)

Sally HECHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Local 759 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO System Council U-4, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton, Joel Perwin, Podhurst Orseck Parks Josefberg Eaton Meadows & Olin, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert A. Sugarman, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Richard M. Resnick, Washington, D.C., Allan M. Elster, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before HENDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 14, 1985.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This case raises important questions concerning an individual union member's right to sue a union for its alleged negligent acts and whether such a suit can be maintained in state court without violating the doctrine of federal preemption as concerns the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). Plaintiff was an electrical apprentice with...

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