Legal Opinion

Jerry J. Acuff v. United Papermakers and Paperworkers, Afl-Cio

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 21, 1969No. 26051_1PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McENTEE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to intervene in a suit to compel arbitration brought under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act. 29 U.S.C. § 185.

During November 1966 an unauthorized work stoppage occurred at the plant of the Scott Paper Company, (the Company) in Mobile, Alabama. As a consequence the Company discharged some sixty-three employees a few weeks later. After the Company refused the Union’s demand to arbitrate these dismissals certain affiliates of the AFL-CIO (the Union) brought this suit to compel arbitration. 1 Eventually the Company…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Sam Fox Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Local Union No. 12, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Clark v. Hein-Werner Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Joan Bacashihua, American Postal Workers Union v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
  2. Harold St. Clair v. Local Union No. 515 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
  3. Bush v. ViternaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  4. Sciaraffa v. Oxford Paper CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1992
  5. William R. Freeman v. Local Union No. 135 Chauffeurs, Teamsters, Warehousemen and HelpersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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