Waialua Agr. Co., Limited v. Maneja Maneja v. Waialua Agr. Co., Limited

This is a proceeding for a declaratory judgment, brought by Waialua Agricultural Company, Limited, a corporation, against Ciraco Maneja and forty-seven other persons as defendants, individually and as representative of all other employees of plaintiff who are similarly situated. Included also were Local 145-7 of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, and Jack Hall, Regional Director, Territory of Hawaii, of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, individually and “as representative of all employees of the plaintiff who are named herein as defendants and of all other employees of the plaintiff who are similarly situated.”

The complaint sets up a general description of the operations of the plaintiff corporation and alleges that a collective bargaining agreement was entered into between plaintiff and defendant International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, Local 145-7. The complaint likewise sets up a detailed statement of the duties of each employee in somewhat vague terms. The prayer of the complaint is that the employee defendants named be declared employed in agriculture and, if not, each be declared to be engaged in the processing…