Alvares v. Erickson

514 F.2d 156 89 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3001 , 76 Lab.Cas. P 10,755 , 1 Employee Benefits Ca 1121 William J. ALVARES et al., Individually and as representatives of a class of persons hereinafter described, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Thomas Albro et al., Trustee of the Seattle Area Plumbing and PipefittingIndustry Health and Welfare Trust, Nominal Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Haven ERICKSON et al., Trustees of the Washington State Plumbing andPipefitting Industry Health and Welfare Trust, Trustee Defendants-Appellees. No. 73-1765. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 10, 1975. Richard P. Donaldson (argued), of Donaldson & Kiel, Seattle, Wash., for appellants. William L. Dwyer (argued), Seattle, Wash., for appellees. OPINION Before DUNIWAY and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, * District Judge. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge. 1 The limited issues on this appeal are whether the federal court has jurisdiction of the case under § 301(a) or § 302(e), or both, of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 185 (a) and 186(e), respectively. The district court found jurisdiction lacking. We reverse. 2 I. Facts. 3 In 1946, Local 32 and the other local unions of the United…