Peter Turner v. Paul Dempster, President and Individually, and Sailors' Union of the Pacific, an Unincorporated Association, Peter Turner v. Paul Dempster and Sailors' Union of the Pacific

743 F.2d 1301 101 Lab.Cas. P 11,206 Peter TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul DEMPSTER, President and individually, and Sailors' Union of the Pacific, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Appellants. Peter TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul DEMPSTER and Sailors' Union of the Pacific, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 83-2407, 84-1703. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 14, 1984. Decided Aug. 6, 1984. John F. Henning, Henning, Walsh & Ritchie, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Paul Alan Levy, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before HUG, TANG and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 The union constitution provided that only "full book" members could vote on all union-related matters. Members attain full book status by working on a ship at sea for six years. Members who have not attained full book status may exercise only limited rights within the union. In a 1981 constitutional referendum, full book members voted to raise quarterly dues from $30 to $50 and to reduce the time required to…