Legal Opinion
Dist. No. 1, Pac. Coast Dist. v. Liberty Mar. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 14, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-2173 (ABJ)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
This case involves a dispute between a labor union and a shipping company over *366whether a particular ship, the Liberty Peace, is covered by the parties' existing collective bargaining agreement. The question before the Court is whether the threshold issue of whether the ship is covered by the contract needs to be determined under the arbitration provision in the contract, or whether the coverage dispute must be decided first by the courts.
On October 19, 2017, plaintiff District No. 1, Pacific Coast District, Marine Engineers' Beneficial…
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