Legal Opinion
Evans v. Manville Products Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1987No. 18609-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORRIS, Judge.
The plaintiffs, 23 former employees of the Manville Forest Products Corp. (“Man-ville”) Specialty Bag Plant in West Monroe, sued Manville for vacation wages they were allegedly owed when Manville closed the plant in August 1981. Manville’s defense was that the plaintiffs had not followed the grievance procedure contracted in the collective bargaining agreement (“Agreement”) between Manville, its employees and their Union, United Paper-workers Union, AFL-CIO, Local No. 654 (“Union”). The trial court denied Man-ville’s peremptory exceptions and motion for summary judgment; after a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Republic Steel Corp. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lott v. HaleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Santiago Amaro v. The Continental Can CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Orleans Parish School Board v. Pittman Construction Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Aguillard v. Crowley Garment Mfg. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
- Evans v. Manville Forest Products Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987