(DOWNLOAD) "Highway & City Freight Drivers v. Gordon Transports Inc." by United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Highway & City Freight Drivers v. Gordon Transports Inc.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Release Date : January 19, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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LAY, Circuit Judge. In this case we are asked to decide whether a labor union is a ""person"" who may file a petition for voluntary bankruptcy under § 4(a) of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 22(a). In 1970 Highway and City Freight Drivers, Dockmen and Helpers Local Union No. 600 (hereinafter the Union) engaged in an unlawful strike which resulted in a judgment of approximately six million dollars against it, and in favor of more than 60 motor freight carrier companies. See Motor Carriers Council of St. Louis, Inc. v. Local Union No. 600, 370 F. Supp. 461 (E.D. Mo. 1972), aff'd, 486 F.2d 650 (8th Cir. 1973) (liability); Motor Carriers Council of St. Louis, Inc. v. Local Union No. 600, 384 F. Supp. 214 (E.D. Mo. 1974), aff'd, 516 F.2d 316 (8th Cir. 1975) (damages).
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