Gough v. Perkowski

694 F.2d 1140 95 Lab.Cas. P 13,881 Stephen GOUGH, James Kinney, Elder Lebert and Donald Porter, and Concerned Carpenters of Local 1243 on behalf of Local 1243, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Edward D. PERKOWSKI, Art Flannagan, Lawrence Jefferson, Ralph Kraus, Gary Slay, Allen Sparks, Donald Swarner, Charles Vogel and Joe Volker, Defendants-Appellants. No. 80-3519. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 1982. Decided Dec. 1, 1982. Bradley D. Owens, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants. William B. Schendel, Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before SNEED, ANDERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. 1 Edward Perkowski and other officers of Carpenters Local 1243 named as defendants in this lawsuit appeal directly from the district court's order granting a motion to disqualify defendants' counsel. Several members of Carpenters Local 1243 brought suit on behalf of the Local against the union officers for breach of fiduciary duty. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 501 (a) (1976).…