Hawkins v. Bennett

704 F.2d 1157 113 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3585 , 97 Lab.Cas. P 10,109 , 4 Employee Benefits Ca 2310 Leo HAWKINS, Antone M. Rezendes, Benjamin J. Verdi, Union Trustees of Shopmen's Iron Workers Health and Welfare Trust Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Russell BENNETT, Paul Hillseth, Winford M. Rawlins, Employer Trustees of Shopmen's Iron Workers Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-5124. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1982. Decided April 28, 1983. 1 Richard D. Sommers, Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann, Krepack, Sommers & Edelstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Raymond W. Thomas, Nelson & Rexon, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before TANG and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * District Judge. BRUCE R. THOMPSON, District Judge: 5 On June 5, 1972, a trust agreement was entered into between the Steel Fabricators Association of Southern California and the International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local 509, pursuant to Sec. 302(c)(5)(B) of the Labor-Management…