Tidmore Oil Co. v. Bp Oil Company/Gulf Products Division

Trustees of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 150 Pension Fund (the "Pension Fund") and the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 150 Health and Welfare Fund (the "Health and Welfare Fund") (collectively the "Funds") sought relief in the district court against Vertex Construction Company, Inc. The Funds requested that the court order Vertex to comply with a demand by the Funds to audit several of Vertexs business records in order to ensure that Vertex was complying with its obligations under a collective bargaining agreement to contribute to the Funds on behalf of Vertexs union employees. Vertex refused to produce certain documents, arguing that it was not contractually bound to produce the documents and that the documents contained confidential business information. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Funds, ordering Vertex to produce the disputed documents, subject to several restrictions designed to protect Vertexs privacy. We affirm.