TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUND v. LITTLEJOHN

No. 97-1856.

155 F.3d 206 (1998)

TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUND OF PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY; William J. Einhorn v. Silas LITTLEJOHN; Teamsters Local Union No. 115, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. DeTreux, III (argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Frank C. Sabatino (argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.

Coram: STAPLETON, ROSENN, Circuit Judges and RESTANI, Court of International Trade.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents an unusual question pertaining to the liability of a surviving unincorporated local union after merger with it by another unincorporated local union for a debt of the latter. The district court held that pre-merger notice of the debt owed by the non-surviving local was not required and that the surviving local union was liable for the debt. The surviving local timely appealed. We affirm.

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