Legal Opinion
Alaska State Council of Carpenters v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 1281
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1986No. S-935PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether state law or federal law governs the removal of a trustee from two employee benefit trusts. The Alaska State Council of Carpenters (State Council) is an association of local unions. These unions have established a pension trust fund and a health and welfare trust fund. Under the terms of the trust agreements, the State Council has the power to appoint two trustees to each fund. The State Council elected the plaintiff, J.W. Brannon, and a non-party, Douglas McElroy, to serve as fund trustees beginning in 1982. In 1983, at a special…
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