MORRIS v. HOFFA

No. 02-1401, 02-2214.

361 F.3d 177 (2004)

Jean MORRIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Morris, Deceased; Kenneth J. Woodring; Elmore Mack; Harold Fischer v. James P. HOFFA, General President, (individually and his official capacity); International Brotherhood of Teamsters James P. Morris, Harold Fischer and Elmore Mack Appellants Jean Morris, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Morris, Deceased; Kenneth J. Woodring; Elmore Mack; Harold Fischer v. James P. Hoffa, General President, (individually and in his official capacity); International Brotherhood of Teamsters James P. Hoffa and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

March 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Innelli, (Argued), Innelli and Molder, Philadelphia, for John P. Morris, Elmore Mack and Harold Fisher.

Thomas H. Kohn, Markowitz & Richman, Philadelphia, Robert M. Baptiste, (Argued), James F. Wallington, Susan Boyle, Baptiste & Wilder, P.C., Washington, for James P. Hoffa and The International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Before SLOVITER and McKEE, Circuit Judges, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals arise from the imposition of an emergency trusteeship over Local 115 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters ("IBT") by James P. Hoffa, General President of the IBT. The trusteeship was imposed pursuant to Title III of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act ("LMRDA"), and it resulted in the subsequent removal of John P. Morris, Elmore Mack and Harold Fischer as elected officers of...

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