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NATIONAL MARINE ENG. BENEFICIAL ASS'N v. BURNLEY

Civ. A. No. 88-0485.

684 F.Supp. 6 (1988)

NATIONAL MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James BURNLEY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo V. Arcadipane, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Charles R. Both, Yablonski, Both & Edelman, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.

Stephen Zelinger, Vincent M. Garvey, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

REVERCOMB, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and defendants' motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs are five labor organizations which represent, inter alia, officers and seamen who work aboard commercial shipping vessels registered under the flag of the United States. As a general rule, all officers serving on U.S. flag vessels must be citizens of the United States. 46 U...

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