Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 107 v. Cohen

BODY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are nine trustees ad litem who are members of Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 107. This suit is brought against four defendants, officers of Local 107, to compel repayment by them to the union of certain attorney fees paid by the union on behalf of said officers. Local 107 has itself been allowed to intervene as a party defendant. The cause of action is based upon the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, P.L. 86-257 (referred to hereinafter as the “Act”).

A great deal of litigation has narrowed the issues in this case. (See opinion of…