Levy v. Local Union Number 810

LEVAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Whitman Knapp, J.) specifying who are the lawful union-representative trustees of two welfare and benefit funds affiliated with Local 810, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The trustees competing for recognition are the original slate that had been designated by Local 810’s elected officers and subsequently removed by the union’s international trustee (the “Original Slate”), and those designated by the international trustee to replace those he…