CARPENTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 26 v. U.S. F.&G. CO.

No. 99-1786.

215 F.3d 136 (2000)

CARPENTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 26, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher N. Souris, with whom Krakow & Souris, LLC was on brief, for appellants.

Richard D. Wayne, with whom Charles E. Schaub, Jr., Willard Krasnow, and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this matter, the district court, understandably deeming itself bound by our holding in Williams v. Ashland Eng'g Co., 45 F.3d 588 (1st Cir.1995), ruled that the plaintiffs' action—brought to enforce claims under a labor and materials bond for wages and fringe benefit contributions allegedly due in respect to construction of a public works project in Peabody, Massachusetts—was preempted...

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