Regan v. Ohio Barge Line, Inc.
| Decision Date | 05 March 1964 |
| Citation | 227 F. Supp. 1013 |
| Parties | Robert J. REGAN, Plaintiff, v. OHIO BARGE LINE, INC., Bradley Transportation Line, United States Steel Corporation, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, and Robert Wright et al., as representatives of the members of District 50, United Mine Workers of America, Defendants. Lester F. RISHE, Plaintiff, v. OHIO BARGE LINE, INC., Bradley Transportation Line, United States Steel Corporation, District 50, United Mine Workers of America, and Robert Wright et al., as representatives of the members of District 50, United Mine Workers of America, Defendants. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York |
Downing & Fuller, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Medwin, Tabner & Carlson, Albany, N. Y., for defendant District 50.
Plaintiffs Rishe and Regan in their separate complaints have each alleged a cause of action against District 50, United Mine Workers of America (District 50) and eight named individuals as representatives of the members of District 50 (Representatives). These causes of action (fourth cause of action, Rishe's amended complaint; third cause of action, Regan's amended complaint) allege that the officers, agents and authorized representatives of District 50 "conspired and acted in cooperation and collusion with" the defendant companies "in that they condoned and permitted the wrongful discharge and termination of plaintiff's employment without proper cause and thereby waived any rights and protections of plaintiff under the (collective bargaining) Agreement * * * which rights said Union had a duty to enforce in plaintiff's behalf"; that such activity by District 50 and its officers, agents and authorized representatives constituted a breach of the collective bargaining agreement and that the plaintiffs have exhausted the remedies available to them thereunder.
District 50 and Representatives move to dismiss the amended complaints as to them for lack of jurisdiction.
Plaintiffs' original complaints founded on diversity of citizenship were dismissed on October 24, 1963 for lack of jurisdiction, with leave to amend. The amended complaints assert jurisdiction under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, and under Section 102 of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 29 U.S.C. § 412.
For the reasons hereinafter stated, the assertion of jurisdiction under Section 102 of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act need not be considered, except to point out that so far as the Representatives are concerned, no cause of action is asserted since they are not alleged to have acted to plaintiffs' detriment in the capacity of agents for District 50. Tomko v. Hilbert, 288 F.2d 625 (3d Cir. 1961).
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