COM. OF PA. v. LOCAL U. 542, INTERN. U.

Civ. A. No. 71-2698.

469 F.Supp. 329 (1978)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA and Raymond Williams et al., on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. LOCAL UNION 542, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Philadelphia, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware, General Building Contractors Association, Inc., Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania, United Contractors Association, and Pennsylvania Excavating Contractors Association, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Glasgow, Inc., on its own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania, Civil Division.

November 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold I. Goodman, M. Taylor Aspinwall, Germaine Ingram, Andrew S. Price, Bruce Endy, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert J. Reinstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs Raymond Williams, et al.

Edward G. Beister, Jr., Acting Atty. Gen., D. Bruce Hanes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Burton D. Morris, Deputy Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., M. Faith Angell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Margret E. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas J. Oravetz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for plaintiff Com. of Pennsylvania.

Andrew F. Mimnaugh, Philadelphia, Pa., for unnamed member of defendant class Barger Const. Co., Inc.

Abraham E. Freedman, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., Marvin I. Barish, Marvin Levin, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants Local 542.

Robert G. Kelly, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., John J. McAleese, Jr., Thomas J. McGoldrick, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., for defendants Glasgow, et al.

Nicholas Price, Martin Wald, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for unnamed member of defendant class United Engineers & Constrs. and Catalytic.

Arthur R. Littleton, Dennis J. Morikawa, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for unnamed member of defendant class Flour.

Robert W. Ropp, Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, N.Y. for unnamed member of defendant class Bechtel Corp.


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