Case Name: John F. LANKFORD, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-07-19
Citations: 293 F.2d 928
Docket Number: No. 18539
Parties: John F. LANKFORD, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 293
Pages: 928–928

Head Matter:
John F. LANKFORD, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO et al., Appellees.
No. 18539.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
July 19, 1961.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 25,1961.
C. V. Stelzenmuller, Birmingham, Ala., Moore, Thomas, Taliaferro, Forman & Burr, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel, for appellant.
Jerome A. Cooper, Birmingham, Ala., Louis Sherman, Washington, D. C., Cooper, Mitch, Black & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., for appellees.
Before CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an action for damages under the Landrum-Griffin Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq., for the wrongful expulsion of a member from a labor union. The plaintiff was expelled August 10, 1959; the Act became law September 14, 1959. The district judge dismissed the original complaint on the ground that the Act became effective after the plaintiff's resignation and expulsion, but allowed the t plaintiff twenty days within which to amend his complaint. The amended complaint raises a number of new questions. All of these are adequately considered in the opinion of the trial judge, which we adopt in full.
The judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.