ROMNEY v. LIN

No. 1602, Docket 95-9275.

94 F.3d 74 (1996)

Edgar ROMNEY, Manager-Secretary, Blouse, Skirt, Sportswear, Children's Wear & Allied Workers Union, Local 23-25, ILGWU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alan LIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Jay Katz, New York City (Max Zimny, Eric B. Chaikin, Alan M. Elis, Chaikin & Chaikin, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher J. Sullivan, New York City (Geri S. Krauss, Carol M. Goodman, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

J. Davitt McAteer, Marc I. Machiz, Karen L. Handorf, Maria Makris-Gouvas, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Secretary of Labor.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, JACOBS, Circuit Judge, and CHATIGNY, District Judge.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Edgar Romney is a union official who holds an uncollected state court judgment against an employer that failed to make contributions to employee benefit funds. Romney brought a collection suit in state court under a state law, N.Y.Bus.Corp. Law § 630 (McKinney 1986) ("§ 630"), which provides that, for certain corporations, such obligations may be enforced against the company's ten largest shareholders. The shareholder defendant...

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