Santa Monica Culinary Welfare Fund Charles A. Conine Victor Valenzuela v. Miramar Hotel Corporation

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This action arises from a request by the Santa Monica Culinary Welfare Fund (the “Fund”) to audit the payroll records of the Miramar Hotel Corporation (“Miramar”), a contributing employer to the Fund. Mira-mar refused to submit to an audit, claiming that under the collective bargaining agreement its only duty to the Fund was to make the agreed upon contributions. The district court agreed with Miramar and refused the Fund’s request. Because we find that the Fund had the right to audit Mira-mar’s payroll records, we reverse.

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The appellants in this action are the Santa Monica…