The following excerpt is from Stelling v. International Broth. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 1547, 587 F.2d 1379 (9th Cir. 1978):
Our decision regarding the application of 501 does not mean that courts have power to intervene in intra-union affairs at slight provocation or on any invitation. Rather we confirm the principles expressed in Phillips v. Osborne, 403 F.2d 826 (9th Cir. 1968), that judicial interference should be undertaken only with great reluctance.
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