CHATHAS v. LOCAL 134 IBEW

No. 99-4314.

233 F.3d 508 (2000)

Charles CHATHAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOCAL 134 IBEW, Unified Social Club, and Mike Fitzgerald, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Boulden (argued), Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Roger N. Gold, Gold & Polansky, Chicago, IL, for Unified Social Club.

Burton S. Odelson (argued), Odelson & Sterk, Evergreen Park, IL, for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 134 and Mike Fitzgerald.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a tangle of jurisdictional, equitable, and labor-law issues. The plaintiffs are members of a local of the electricians union who are on the outs with the local's current business manager (that is, president), Mike Fitzgerald. They brought this suit under section 302 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 186, which forbids union officers to solicit employer contributions, against...

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