Waits v. Weller

653 F.2d 1288 2 Employee Benefits Ca 1841 Elmer L. WAITS, R. Lynn Hales, Thomas P. Edgar, Bruce Abbott, Employer Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters Health and Welfare Fund of Local 525, on Behalf of Plumbers and Pipefitters Health and Welfare Fund of Local 525, Plaintiffs, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. Richard A. WELLER, William Weber, John Grassmeier and Jack McGinty, Employee Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters Health and Welfare Fund of Local 525, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local Union No. 525, An Unincorporated Association, Defendants, Appellants and Cross-Appellees. Nos. 79-3262, 79-3526. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 15, 1981. Decided Aug. 17, 1981. Robert L. Dunn, Bancroft, Avery & McAlister, San Francisco, Cal., for weller. Norman Kirshman, Marina del Rey, Cal., argued, for Waits; Michael S. Harris, Kirshman & Rich, Marina del Rey, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before SKOPIL, ALARCON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge. 1 Employer trustees of…