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MANFREDI v. HAZLETON CITY AUTHORITY, WATER DEPT.

No. 85-1677.

793 F.2d 101 (1986)

MANFREDI, Michael, et ux., Appellants, v. The HAZLETON CITY AUTHORITY, WATER DEPARTMENT, Zientek, Robert L. Resident Manager of Hazleton City Authority, Water Department, Hazleton National Bank, Trustee of the Pension Plan of the Hazleton City Authority, Water Department; Yevak, Robert M., United Steel Workers of America; McKenna, Jack, United Steel Workers of America; Overa, George M., United Steel Workers of America; Nash, Anthony J., Chairman, Hazleton City Authority, Water Department; United Steel Workers of America AFL-CIO-CLC, Local Union 15416; Casaia, Frederick E., Hazleton City Authority, Water Department; McBride, Lloyd, International President United Steel Workers of America; Williams, Lynn R., International Secretary United Steel Workers of America; McKee, Frank S. International Treasurer United Steel Workers of America; Odorcich, Joseph, International Vice President (Administration) United Steel Workers of America; Lynch, Leon International Vice-President (Human Affairs) United Steel Workers of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Kleiman, Gen. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., of Counsel, Union defendants-appellees, Jack McKenna, George Overa, Lloyd McBride, Lynn R. Williams, Frank S. McKee, Joseph Odorcich, Leon Lynch.

Mark S. Refowich, Fishbone, Refowich & Scheer, Easton, Pa., for appellee, United Steelworkers of America.

William W. Warren, Jr., Hourigan, Kluger, Spohrer, Quinn & Myers, P.C., Scranton, Pa., for appellee, Hazleton City Authority Water Dept.

Henry A. Giuliani, Giuliani & Bernstein, Hazleton, Pa., for appellee, Hazleton National Bank.

L. Oliver Frey, Gregory J. Pavlovitz, Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Richard J. Brean, Steelworkers of America, Legal Dept., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC, Local 15416, Robert M. Yevak, Jack McKenna, George Overa, Lloyd McBride, Lynn R. Williams, Frank S. McKee, Joseph Odorcich and Leon Lynch.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, and GARTH and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) June 6, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the questions of whether a city authority water department is an "employer" within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. § 152(2), and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 142(3), and, consequently, whether appellants can maintain a suit against a union local, which represents employees...

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