Legal Opinion
Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity William J. Einhorn v. Silas Littlejohn Teamsters Local Union No. 115
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 26, 1998No. 97-1856PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an unusual question pertaining to the liability of a surviving unincorporated local union after merger with it by another unincorporated local union for a debt of the latter. The district court held that pre-merger notice of the debt owed by the non-surviving local was not required and that the surviving local union was liable for the debt. The surviving local timely appealed. We affirm.
I
The facts of this case are undisputed. Teamsters Local 513 was a labor union which represented certain employees in the Philadelphia metropolitan…
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