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Wooddell Vs. Electrical Workers

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Oct 16, 1991

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  1. Granfinanciera, S.A. Vs. Nordberg US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1989
  2. Curtis Vs. Loether US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1974
  3. Wooddell v. Electrical
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  4. Workers - 502 U.S. 93 (1991) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Wooddell V. International
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  5. a prototypical example of an action at law to which the Seventh Amendment right to jury trial applies. Thus, Teamsters v. Terry
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  6. since union constitutions are an important form of contract between labor organizations, Plumbers and Pipe fitters v. Plumbers
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  7. contract, but extends to individual union members when they are the beneficiaries of such contracts. Cf. Smith v. Evening
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  8. issues. 498 U. S. 1082 (1991). 2 Trail v. Teamsters
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  9. F.2d 961 (CA6 1976). Other Courts of Appeals that have addressed this issue since Plumbers and Pipe fitters v. Plumbers
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  10. and Pipe fitters, Local 334, 452 U. S. 615 (1981), have reached a contrary conclusion. See, e. g., DeSantiago v. Laborers
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  11. Pruitt v. Carpenters
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  12. Lewis v. International
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  13. Kinney v. International
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  14. II We first address the jury trial issue. The case below was briefed and argued before our decision in Teamsters v. Terry
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  15. we examine the remedy sought and determine whether it is legal or equitable in nature.''' Ibid., citing Tull v. United
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  16. second inquiry is the more important in our analysis. Terry, supra, at 565, citing Granfinanciera, S. A. v. Nordberg
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  17. damages was the traditional form of relief offered in the courts of law. Terry, supra, at 570, citing Curtis v. Loether
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  18. Also, this Court has recently held that actions under the LMRDA are closely analogous to personal injury actions, Reed v. United
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  19. union members is strongly disputed by respondents. We agree with petitioner on this issue, however. In Smith v. Evening
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  20. may properly bring such a suit.4 The first of the two requirements is governed in part by Plumbers and Pipefitters v. Plumbers
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  21. third-party suits seeking to enforce a violation of the contract are beyond the jurisdictional grant. Smith v. Evening
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  22. Id., at 200-201, quoting Teamsters v. Lucas
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  23. ago by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case specifically involving the IBEW Constitution. See Kinney v. International
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  24. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 669 F.2d 1222 (1981). See also, e. g., DeSantiago v. Laborers
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  25. Syllabus Wooddell V. International
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  26. Thus, Teamsters v. Terry
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  27. Cf. Smith v. Evening
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  28. Trail v. Teamsters
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  29. DeSantiago v. Laborers
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  30. Teamsters v. Terry
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  31. Tull v. United
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  32. Reed v. United
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  33. In Smith v. Evening
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  34. Plumbers and Pipefitters v. Plumbers
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  35. Smith v. Evening
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  36. Teamsters v. Lucas
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  37. the IBEW Constitution. See Kinney v. International
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