GRASTY v. AMALGAMATED CLOTH. & TEXTILE WKRS. UNION

No. 86-1642.

828 F.2d 123 (1987)

Rose GRASTY, Pat Poore, and Barbara Scullen, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, CLC, Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board of Textile Workers Union of America, Philadelphia Joint Board of Textile Workers Union of America, and Carpet and Rug Workers of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Local 80, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board of Textile Workers Union of America, and Philadelphia Joint Board of Textile Workers Union of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Needle (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants; Stephen C. Richman (argued), William T. Josem, Markowitz & Richman, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Arthur Goldberg, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, New York City, Robert Tim Brown, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SLOVITER, BECKER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves an action by members of a local union against the regional joint board of the union and the international union claiming that defendants violated their respective constitutions and bylaws by failing to represent effectively the members of the Local in a number of respects, and that defendants violated their constitutions and bylaws and RICO, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), by failing to rebate...

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