Trinidad Corporation v. National Maritime Union of America, District No. 4, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Trinidad Corporation appeals the district court’s order denying its motion for summary judgment and granting the National Maritime Union’s (NMU) cross-motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

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Trinidad owns and operates United States flag vessels on the high seas. For many years, it had a collective bargaining relationship with NMU, which represented the unlicensed seamen working on Trinidad’s ships. The last collective bargaining agreement between Trinidad and NMU expired in 1984, but it was extended several times. The agreement required mandatory…