BLEILER v. CRISTWOOD CONST., INC.

No. 1594, Docket 94-9187.

72 F.3d 13 (1995)

Douglas BLEILER, Trustee of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 Benefit Funds, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRISTWOOD CONSTRUCTION, INC. and the Netherlands Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Gould, Gould, Killian & Wynne, Hartford, CT (Nancy E. Gould, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lawrence G. Rosenthal, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: OAKES, WINTER, and MINER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This is an action by the trustee of several union benefit funds against a general contractor and its surety to collect unpaid contributions owed by a subcontractor. The action was originally brought in state court and asserted only state law claims. It was removed by the defendants to the district court on the ground that it arose under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. ("ERISA"), where...

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