INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL NO. 129 BENEFIT FUND v. TUCCI

SJC-12137.

476 Mass. 553 (2017)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL NO. 129 BENEFIT FUND v. JOSEPH M. TUCCI & others (and eight consolidated cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason M. Leviton (Michael G. Capeci, of New York, & Joel A. Fleming also present) for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 129 Benefit Fund & others.

Thomas J. Dougherty (Kurt Wm. Hemr also present) for Joseph M. Tucci & others.

John Pagliaro & Martin J. Newhouse, for New England Legal Foundation, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Ian D. Roffman & Matthew J. Connolly, for Associated Industries of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.


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