** FILE ** John Bowers, right, president of International Longshoreman's Association of New York, prepares for a ceremonial ground breaking for a new port facility in Elizabeth, N.J., in this file photo of Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000. A wide-ranging civil lawsuit, that has been moving in barely perceptible increments across 24 months, seeks to install a court-ordered trustees to replace the 82-year-old Bowers, ILA president since 1987, and other veteran union executives. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)