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WEST v. BUTLER

No. 78-1081.

621 F.2d 240 (1980)

Harold WEST et al., Trustees of the Southern Labor Union Welfare Fund and Pension Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James BUTLER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Phillips, Phillips & Phillips, Oneida, Tenn., William Murphy Howard, Harlan, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellants.

E. H. Rayson, John B. Rayson, Knoxville, Tenn., Eugene Goss, Goss, Forester & Stephenson, Harlan, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, LIVELY, Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issue before the court on this appeal is whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 19741 (hereinafter cited as ERISA) allows pension fund trustees to file civil actions to enjoin secondary picketing. We hold it does not and affirm the district court's order dismissing the suit.

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The plaintiffs-appellants are trustees of the Southern Labor Union (the union or SLU) Welfare...

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