Innerline Engineering, Inc. v. Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 INNERLINE ENGINEERING, INC., Case No. 22-cv-03663-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

v. 7 Re: Dkt. No. 35 OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH

AND WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; DAN

REDING AND JAMES E. MURRAY,

TRUSTEES, et al., Defendants. 11 12 Innerline Engineering, Inc, (“Innerline”) brings this lawsuit against Defendants—a series of trust funds and their trustees (collectively, the “Trust Funds”)—for relief from a prior judgment in equity, unjust enrichment, and conversion. The Trust Funds move to dismiss Innerline’s claims. (Dkt. No. 35.) After carefully considered the parties’ briefing and having had the benefit of oral argument on March 23, 2023, the Court DENIES the Trust Funds’ motion to dismiss. Innerline has standing to challenge the underlying judgment via an independent action in equity and this Court has jurisdiction to review that action. Defendants’ argument that Innerline fails to state a claim is unpersuasive. …