West Winds, Inc. v. M.V. Resolute

720 F.2d 1097 1984 A.M.C. 319 , 99 Lab.Cas. P 34,469 WEST WINDS, INC., Nautical Electric, Inc., and Schou-Gallis Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and R. Rothmann, J. Wagner, A. Patterson, G. Valentine, J. O'Laughlan, S. Veal, et al., Applicants-in-Intervention-Appellants, v. M.V. RESOLUTE, and M.V. Pvt. Peters, in rem, and Coast Line Associates, in personam, Defendants-Appellees, and Coast Line Associates, Claimant-Appellee. No. 82-4717. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 13, 1983. Decided Nov. 21, 1983. Richard S. Zuckerman, Washington, D.C., Leonard & Carder, San Francisco, Cal., for applicants-in-intervention-appellants. Mark J. Kenney, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before ALARCON, CANBY, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants are 23 seamen and the trustees of their union's trust funds whose motion to intervene of right under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2) was denied by the district court. The sole issue on appeal is whether contributions to trust funds created for the benefit of the…