Vermeer v. Bunyard

Plaintiffs brought this action in Multnomah County Circuit Court as trustees for the Oregon Laborers-Employers Trust Funds to recover contributions alleged to be due from defendants under two labor agreements. The action was brought under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 USC § 141 et seq, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 USC § 1001 et seq. Jurisdiction is conferred on state courts of competent jurisdiction by 29 USC § 1132(e) and the substantive law to be applied is federal labor law. We review as in an action at law only for sufficiency of the…