Mahoney v. Fisher

The appellants are three union-designated trustees, the appellees three employer-designated trustees of an employee welfare fund established under the provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, section 302(c) (5) (B), 61 Stat. 157, 29 U.S.C. § 186(c) (5) (B). The union is the New York Printing Pressmen’s Union No. 1. The employer-designated trustees petitioned for the appointment of an impartial umpire to resolve a deadlocked dispute between the two groups of trustees. The district court granted the application from which order the employee-designated trustees appeal. They assert…