LABORERS' INTERN. UNION OF NORTH AMERICA v. NAT. POST OFF. MAIL HANDLERS

Nos. 89-7013, 89-7049 and 88-7207.

880 F.2d 1388 (1989)

LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Appellant, v. NATIONAL POST OFFICE MAIL HANDLERS, WATCHMEN, MESSENGERS AND GROUP LEADERS DIVISION OF THE LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO and First American Bank, N.A. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Appellant, v. NATIONAL POST OFFICE MAIL HANDLERS, WATCHMEN, MESSENGERS AND GROUP LEADERS DIVISION OF THE LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO National Post Office Mail Handlers Local Unions Nos. 297, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Kaufmann, with whom Joseph E. Kolick, Jr., Laurence E. Gold, and Orrin Baird, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant, Laborers' Intern. Union of North America, AFL-CIO.

William W. Osborne, Jr. and John R. Mooney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellants, Nat. Post Office Mail Handlers Local Union Nos. 301, et al.

Charles R. Both, with whom John F. Colwell and Arthur L. Fox, II, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee, Nat. Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers and Group Leaders Div. of the Laborers' Intern. Union of North America, AFL-CIO, and appellees/intervenors Nat. Post Office Mail Handlers Local Unions Nos. 297, et al.

Larry D. Sharp and Thomas P. Murphy, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee, First American Bank, N.A.

Before MIKVA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases arise out of a dispute between an international labor union and its affiliate over the power of the international to impose a supervision or trusteeship on the affiliate. The question presented is whether a federal district judge has the statutory power to enjoin the international union from conducting a hearing that...

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