ASSOC. CONTRACTORS, ETC. v. LABORERS INTERN.

No. 76-2011.

559 F.2d 222 (1977)

ASSOCIATED CONTRACTORS OF ESSEX COUNTY, INC., Sigfried Higgins, Jr., John Wall, and Archie Ingrassia, Individually and as Employer Trustees of the Newark Laborers Welfare Fund and the Newark Laborers Pension Fund, Appellants, v. LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, the Local Union Nos. 342, 699 and 112, Newark Laborers Welfare Fund, and Frank DiGirolamo and Paul Brienza, Individually and as alleged Employer Trustees thereof, and Michael Mandaglio, James Brown and James McDonald, Individually and as Union Trustees thereof, and Michael Giacolone, Individually and as alleged Union Trustees thereof, and Frank Boscia as Administrator thereof, Newark Laborers Pension Fund, and Frank DiGirolamo and Paul Brienza, Individually and as alleged Employer Trustees thereof.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Apruzzese, Francis A. Mastro, Apruzzese & McDermott, Springfield, N.J., for appellants.

Oransky, Donovan, Scaraggi & Borg, East Orange, N.J., for Newark Laborers Pension, Welfare Funds.

Before GIBBONS, FORMAN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Congress determined thirty years ago when it enacted the Taft-Hartley Act to interdict conduct that would deprive employees engaged in interstate commerce from fair representation in collective bargaining. Motivated by the same social objectives, it also provided for safeguards to maintain the integrity of employee welfare and pension funds. This appeal raises an important question whether the Act's objective of...

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