WASHINGTON v. LABORER'S INTERN. UNION

No. 84-2225.

792 F.2d 94 (1985)

James WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. LABORER'S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Lilla, Jackson & Bailey, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Theodore Green, and Sachs, Washington, D.C., Albert J. Yonke and M.C. Newbold, Yonke, Shackelford & Arnold, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee Laborers' Int'l Union.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and WANGELIN, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Washington commenced this suit in the District Court1 seeking damages from appellee Laborers' International Union of North America (Union). Washington had been business manager of Local 555 of the Union until July 16, 1981, when the Union removed Washington and all other officers of Local 555 from their positions by placing Local 555 into trusteeship pursuant to Article IX, Section 7 of its constitution, which provides...

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