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U.S. v. INTERNATIONAL BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS

Nos. 830, 831, 833, 834, 892 to 895. Dockets 90-6216, 90-6228, 90-6234, 90-6244, 90-6246, 90-6248, 90-6252 and 90-6254.

931 F.2d 177 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO; the Commission of La Cosa Nostra; Anthony Salerno; Matthew Ianniello; Anthony Provenzano; Nunzio Provenzano; Anthony Corallo; Salvatore Santoro; Christopher Furnari, Sr.; Frank Manzo; Carmine Persico; Gennaro Langella; Philip Rastelli; Nicholas Marangello; Joseph Massino; Anthony Ficarotta; Eugene Boffa, Sr.; Francis Sheeran; Milton Rockman; John Tronolone; Joseph John Aiuppa; John Phillip Cerone; Joseph Lombardo; Angelo Lapietra; Frank Balistrieri; Carl Angelo Deluna; Carl Civella; Anthony Thomas Civella; General Executive Board, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America; Jackie Presser, General President; Weldon Mathis, General Secretary-Treasurer; Joseph Trerotola, First Vice President; Robert Holmes, Sr., Second Vice President; William J. McCarthy, Third Vice President; Joseph W. Morgan, Fourth Vice President; Edward M. Lawson, Fifth Vice President; Arnold Weinmeister, Sixth Vice President; John H. Cleveland, Seventh Vice President; Maurice R. Schurr, Eighth Vice President; Donald Peters, Ninth Vice President; Walter J. Shea, Tenth Vice President; Harold Friedman, Eleventh Vice President; Jack D. Cox, Twelfth Vice President; Don L. West, Thirteenth Vice President; Michael J. Riley, Fourteenth Vice President; Theodore Cozza, Fifteenth Vice President; Daniel Ligurotis, Sixteenth Vice President; and Salvatore Provenzano, Former Vice President, Defendants, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellant, Teamsters Locals 1, 15, 25, 42, 49, 55, 59, 63, 64, 70, 72, 78, 82, 85, 87, 122, 157, 166, 170, 182, 186, 208, 237, 259, 278, 287, 291, 296, 302, 340, 379, 380, 389, 399, 404, 432, 437, 490, 494, 495, 496, 504, 526, 588, 597, 598, 624, 630, 633, 653, 665, 686, 687, 692, 707, 829, 841, 848, 853, 858, 860, 896, 911, 952, and 2707; Joint Councils 7, 10, 16 and 18; and Joint Council 41 and Its Thirty-Three Affiliated Local Unions, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Grady, Gen. Counsel, Intern. Broth. of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C. (Jed S. Rakoff, Audrey Strauss, Walter P. Loughlin, Robert P. Knapp III, Ralph P. DeSanto, Vincent P. Esposito, Jr., Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Duane B. Beeson, San Francisco, Cal. (Beeson, Tayer, Silbert, Bodine & Livingston, San Francisco, Cal., Richard Dorn, Seth M. Kupferberg, Sipser, Weinstock, Harper & Dorn, New York City, Robert D. Vogel, Wohlner, Kaplon, Phillips, Vogel, Shelley & Young, Encino, Cal., Daniel Engelstein, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, New York City, of counsel), for appellants Joint Councils 7, 16 and 18, and Locals 15, 63, 70, 72, 78, 85, 87, 166, 182, 186, 208, 237, 278, 287, 291, 296, 302, 389, 399, 432, 490, 495, 588, 598, 624, 630, 665, 687, 692, 848, 853, 858, 860, 896, 911, 952, and 2707.

John R. Climaco, Cleveland, Ohio (Paul S. Lefkowitz, Thomas M. Wilson, Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Roy Barnes, Wendell Sheperd, New York City, of counsel), for appellants Joint Council 41 and Its Thirty-Three Affiliated Local Unions.

Richard W. Mark, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Edward T. Ferguson, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Eugene S. Friedman, Jay P. Levy-Warren, Friedman & Levy-Warren, New York City, for appellant Highway and Local Motor Freight Drivers, Dockmen and Helpers, Local Union 707.

John J. Kenney, Jr., Grady and Dwyer, Boston, Mass., for appellants Joint Council 10 and Locals 1, 25, 42, 49, 55, 59, 64, 82, 122, 127, 157, 170, 259, 340, 379, 380, 404, 437, 494, 496, 504, 526, 597, 633, 653, 686, 829, and 841.

Laurence Gold, Walter Kamiat, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Federation of Labor and Congress of Indus. Organizations.

Susan M. Jennik, Clyde W. Summers, Judith R. Schneider, Brooklyn, N.Y., for amicus curiae Ass'n for Union Democracy.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In March 1989, the government and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters ("IBT") agreed to settle the instant litigation. The settlement agreement was embodied in an order ("Consent Decree") of the district court. These appeals are the latest installment in a series of disputes over the implementation of the Consent Decree.

Various IBT-affiliated joint councils and union locals (collectively "Affiliates") appeal from the order approving...

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