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By Doug Cunningham

A federal court has dismissed a $30 million lawsuit against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters union. The union was sued over a campaign it conducted at a new residential housing development. Ogler Homes, Inc. had sued, claiming handbilling, picketing and bannering by the union prevented sale of homes in the development and went beyond what’s allowed by law. But Judge Frderick J. Kapala disagreed and hrew out the lawsuit. The Carpenters union says it’s a victory for the right of free speech. Terrance McCann, an attorney for the Carpenters, says this is a great victory not just for the Carpenters union but for all of he building and construction trades. It took two years of litigation for the Carpenters to win the case.