Moyer v. Kirkpatrick, 16622.

• Decision Date: 04 January 1968
• Docket Number: No. 16622.,16622.
• Citation: 387 F.2d 955
• Parties: Budd MOYER, and John Gray, on Behalf of Themselves and the Other Members of Bricklayers Local No. 12 Chester, Pa., Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Richard KIRKPATRICK, Barry Clendening, Thomas Fairlie, Sidney Swartz, Trustees of Chester Bricklayers Local No. 12 Welfare Fund, Francis Gilmore, William J. Whelan.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit

387 F.2d 955 (1968)

Budd MOYER, and John Gray, on Behalf of Themselves and the Other Members of Bricklayers Local No. 12 Chester, Pa., Similarly Situated, Appellants, v.Richard KIRKPATRICK, Barry Clendening, Thomas Fairlie, Sidney Swartz, Trustees of Chester Bricklayers Local No. 12 Welfare Fund, Francis Gilmore, William J. Whelan.

No. 16622.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Argued November 8, 1967.

Decided January 4, 1968.

John J. O'Brien, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Nicholas G. Petrella, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Geoffrey J. Cunniff, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.(Wilderman, Markowitz & Kirschner, Richard Kirschner, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.

Before STALEY, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

The appellantplaintiffs, members of Bricklayers LocalNo. 12, Chester, Pa., filed a Complaint in the District Court for a declaratory judgment, alleging that the defendantappellees, trustees of a jointly administered health and welfare fund ("Fund") acted improperly in refusing to accept payments into the Fund from non-member, non-subscribing employers, and in setting certain requirements for eligibility for benefits.The Complaint based jurisdiction on the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act, as amended.¹

The District Court dismissed the Complaint for lack of jurisdiction, and alternatively, for failure of the Complaint to state a claim upon which relief could be...