United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio v. Hamilton Steel Products, Inc., Nathan Yorke and the Union Central Life Insurance Company

In a prior phase of this litigation, we held that Section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act (29 U.S'.C. § 185(a)) did not confer upon the United Steelworkers of America (“Union”) the right to intervene in a declaratory judgment and interpleader action brought by Union Central Life Insurance Company (“Union Central”) with respect to an insurance policy issued to Hamilton Steel Products, Inc. (“Hamilton”). See 374 F.2d 820. Shortly after the promulgation of that opinion, the Union filed its own suit, purportedly based on Section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act and on the…