Desert Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. General Sales Drivers, Delivery Drivers & Helpers Local 14

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. The appellants, a group of employers comprising the soft drink bottling industry in their area, brought a suit for a declaratory judgment against the appellee, a labor union with which the appellants had a collective bargaining agreement. The appellants’ suit sought a determination by the district court' that a certain controversy which had arisen between the appellants and the union was, under the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, required to be resolved by…