PENNINGTON v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 14809, 14810.

325 F.2d 804 (1963)

James M. PENNINGTON, Raymond E. Phillips and Lillian Goad Phillips, Admrx. of the Estate of Burse Phillips, deceased, Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, Cross-Defendant-Appellant. John L. LEWIS, Henry G. Schmidt and Josephine Roche, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellees, James M. PENNINGTON, Raymond E. Phillips and Lillian Goad Phillips, Admrx. of the Estate of Burse Phillips, deceased, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison Combs, Washington, D. C., and R. R. Kramer, Knoxville, Tenn., E. H. Rayson, Knoxville, Tenn., M. E. Boiarsky, Charleston, W. Va., on brief, for cross-defendant-appellant.

Harold H. Bacon, Washington, D. C., and R. R. Kramer, Knoxville, Tenn., Val. J. Mitch, Washington, D. C., E. H. Rayson, Knoxville, Tenn., M. E. Boiarsky, Charleston, W. Va., on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Claude K. Robertson, Knoxville, Tenn., John A. Rowntree, Fowler, Rowntree & Fowler, Jerome Templeton, Taylor & Templeton, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief, for James M. Pennington et al.

Guy Farmer, Washington, D. C., on brief, amicus curiæ for Bituminous Coal Operators' Ass'n.

David E. Feller, Elliot Bredhoff, Jerry D. Anker, Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D. C., on brief, amici curiæ for Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers of America.

Before CECIL, Chief Judge, MILLER, Circuit Judge, and FREEMAN, District Judge.


SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is an action by John L. Lewis, Henry G. Schmidt and Josephine Roche, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund, hereinafter referred to as Trustees against the defendants, James M. Pennington, Raymond E. Phillips, and Burse Phillips, individually and trading as Phillips Brothers Coal Company, a partnership, hereinafter referred to as Phillips. The Trustees seek to recover $55,982.62 as...

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