Legal Opinion
North River Energy Corp. v. United Mine Workers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 28, 1981No. 80-7933PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires the review of a trial court’s application of common law agency principles in finding that a local union authorized and ratified only one of seven wildcat strikes at an Alabama mine in violation of an implied “no-strike” clause. Concluding that the district court’s findings are not erroneous, we affirm.
FACTS
North River Energy Corp. (North River) operates an underground coal mine in Fayette County, Alabama. The approximately 450 miners working there are members of Local 1926 (Local), United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The union and employer were…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Carbon Fuel Co. v. United Mine WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Vulcan Materials Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, and United Steelworkers of America, Local Union No. 2176Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United Construction Workers and United Mine Workers of America v. Haislip Baking Company, a Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- International Union, United Mine Workers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- United Mine Workers of America v. PattonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Ironworkers Local 272, Cross-Appellants v. Eugene Bowen, Leo Beck and Monroe Phagan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Merchants National Bank v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
- North River Energy Corporation v. United Mine Workers Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
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