STEVENS v. NORTHWEST INDIANA DIST. COUNCIL

No. 92-4092.

20 F.3d 720 (1994)

Ray STEVENS and Dan Streeter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHWEST INDIANA DISTRICT COUNCIL, UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and International Union, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Geoghegan (argued), Robert C. Drizin, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul T. Berkowitz (argued), Berkowitz & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Northwest Indiana Dist. Council, United Broth. of Carpenters.

Frederick G. Cloppert, Jr., Russell E. Carnahan, Cloppert, Portman, Sauter, Latanick & Foley, Columbus, OH, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ROSZKOWSKI, District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of an intra-union dispute within the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC). After the International reorganized and consolidated some of the union's district councils in Indiana and Michigan, in the process effectuating changes in governing bylaws and dues levels, a local within a newly constituted district along with many of its members sued the International and that District Council, alleging various violations of the...

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