Ball v. Eastern Coal Corp.

PALMORE, Judge.

Appellants, 177 former employes of the appellee Eastern Coal Corporation (hereinafter Eastern), brought this suit for damages against Eastern and the appellee United Mine Workers of America (hereinafter UMW, or the union) claiming they were discharged in violation of their seniority rights under the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1950, as amended, to which contract Eastern and UMW, as collective bargaining agent for its members, were parties.1 After development of the *622dispositive facts through appropriate pleadings, stipulations and pretrial conference the trial…