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United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Cookson America, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 18, 2013No. Docket 12-1032-cvPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Per curiam

In this case, we are called upon to construe an agreement between the parties and to determine whether the Union, as a party to the relevant agreement, has standing to enforce it even where the benefits of enforcement accrue to third-party retirees. Cookson and its wholly owned subsidiary, Vesuvius, appeal from a judgment entered on February 28, 2012 by the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Skretny, J.). That judgment enforced the district court’s February 25, 2012 Decision and Order, which denied Cookson’s and Vesuvius’s motion for summary judgment and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  4. Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  5. American Federation of Grain Millers v. International Multifoods Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997

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