Legal Opinion
Harris v. Joint Plumbing Industry Board (Local 2, U.S.)
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 3, 1979No. Civ. No. 77-5922PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Abraham Harris, has been a member of Local 2 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry (“Local 2” or “Union”) since 1941 and an active plumber by trade for twenty years, 1941-1949 and 1962-1972, with a fourteen-year “hiatus” in which he owned and managed a toy store. He commenced this action against the Joint Plumbing Industry Board (“Industry Board”), four of its officers, and his Union, seeking a declaration of entitlement to pension benefits…
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