Rinker v. Local Union No. 24 of Amalgamated Lithographers
| Decision Date | 19 February 1963 |
| Docket Number | No. 13978.,13978. |
| Parties | Floyd RINKER, Appellant, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 24 OF AMALGAMATED LITHOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA, an Unincorporated Labor Association, Affiliated With the AFL-CIO, Amalgamated Lithographers of America, an Unincorporated Internal Labor Association, William G. Johnston Company, a Corporation, Theodore T. Meyers, Individually and as President of Local Union No. 24, Frank M. Rogers, Individually and as Financial Secretary of Local Union No. 24, and Paul Keller, Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit |
James A. Ashton, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.
A. W. Forsyth, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (J. R. Van Kirk, Tener, Van Kirk, Wolf & Moore, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for employer appellee William G. Johnston Company.
James Craig Kuhn, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Arnold D. Wilner, Wilner, Wilner & Kuhn, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for Union appellee (Local No. 24).
Before GANEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and AUGELLI, District Judge.
The appeal in this case must be dismissed because the order from which the appeal is taken lacks finality and was not entered in accordance with the provisions of Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The action is one under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 LMRDA, 29 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq.
The complaint is in two counts. Plaintiff, Floyd Rinker, is a former member of defendant Local Union No. 24 of Amalgamated Lithographers of America (Local 24) and a former employee of defendant William G. Johnston Company, which had a collective bargaining agreement with Local 24. Other defendants are the international union of Amalgamated Lithographers of America and certain named officers of Local 24.
In the first count, which is directed against the labor unions, international and local, and officers of the latter, plaintiff alleges he was expelled from union membership in violation of the procedural safeguards against improper disciplinary action provided by section 101(a) (5) of LMRDA, 29 U.S.C.A. § 411(a) (5).
In the second count, which is directed against all defendants, plaintiff alleges that he was fired from his job with the Johnston Company as a result of a conspiracy between the union defendants and his employer.
The complaint asks for the following relief:
As against the defendant unions plaintiff seeks restoration of his union membership;
As against his employer Johnston Company, restoration to his former position with the company;
As against all defendants, restoration of all pay and allowances plaintiff would have earned since his discharge; and also, punitive damages.
In the court below, the Johnston Company moved for dismissal of the complaint as to it, and the other defendants moved for summary judgment on Count Two of the complaint. Both motions were predicated on lack of jurisdiction. The opinion of the lower court disposing of the motions (Rinker v. Local No. 24, etc., D.C.,) is reported in 201 F.Supp. 204 (1962). The present appeal is from the order entered pursuant to that opinion. The order reads:
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