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ALASKA STATE COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS v. LOCAL 1281

No. S-935.

727 P.2d 306 (1986)

ALASKA STATE COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, Joe Russo, Robert Burby, and Craig Watson, Petitioners, v. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1281 and J.W. Brannon, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor J. Van Bourg, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, San Francisco, Cal., and Patrick M. Rodey, Aglietti, Pennington & Rodey, Anchorage, for petitioners.

Mark S. Bledsoe and Frederick H. Hahn V, Bledsoe & Schadt, Anchorage, for respondents.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

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...

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