Air Engineering Metal Trades Council v. Aro, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This is an action to enforce arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement. 29 U.S.C. § 185. The Court has *8jurisdiction of such matters under 28 U.S.C. § 1337 and 29 U.S.C. § 185. Both parties seek a summary judgment. Rule 56 (b), (c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The current dispute between these parties is whether the defendant can be compelled to arbitrate with the plaintiff-union for an open shop on the defendant’s premises, located within the geographical bounds of the state of Tennessee, when Tennessee has made open shops…