BLASSIE v. KROGER COMPANY

Nos. 17598, 17622.

345 F.2d 58 (1965)

Nicholas M. BLASSIE and Otto Etzel, Appellants, v. The KROGER COMPANY, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., and National Food Stores, Inc., Appellees. Harry R. POOLE and Frank X. Davis, Appellants, v. The KROGER COMPANY, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., and National Food Stores, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Craig of Wiley, Craig, Armbruster & Wilburn, St. Louis, Mo., made argument for appellants Nicholas M. Blassie and Otto Etzel and filed brief.

Bernard Dunau, Washington, D. C., made argument for appellants Harry R. Poole and Frank X. Davis and filed brief with Lester Asher, Chicago, Ill., and Morris J. Levin, St. Louis, Mo.

J. Terrell Vaughan of Armstrong, Teasdale, Roos, Kramer & Vaughan, St. Louis, Mo., made argument for appellees and filed brief with Walter M. Clark and Torrey N. Foster of Armstrong, Teasdale, Roos, Kramer & Vaughan, St. Louis, Mo.

Samuel J. Cohen of Cohen & Weiss, New York City, made argument for amici curiae Milk Industry Drivers — Dairy Employees Unions Pension and Welfare Fund and others and filed brief with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Cooper, Ostrin, DeVarco & Ackerman, New York City, Parsonnet & Parsonnet, Newark, N. J., Cohn & Glickstein and Zelby & Burstein, New York City.

Stanley M. Rosenblum of Rosenblum & Goldenhersh, St. Louis, Mo., made argument for amicus curiae Teamsters' Local 688 Ins. & Welfare Fund and filed brief with Merle L. Silverstein of Rosenblum & Goldenhersh, St. Louis, Mo.

Charles P. Scully, and Johnson & Stanton, San Francisco, Cal., filed brief for amicus curiae Carpenter Funds Administrative Office of Northern California in support of appellants, without oral argument.

Before MATTHES, BLACKMUN and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, The Kroger Co., The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc., and National Food Stores, Inc., are three retail chain employers which have stores in the Saint Louis area and which, with many other employers, make contributions on behalf of employees to the "Local 88 Meat & Related Industries Welfare Fund Trust".

By this action, begun in January 1962 against the five then...

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