Little Six Corp. v. United Mine Workers, Local Union No. 8332

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Little Six Corporation, brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Dickenson County, Virginia seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief and a declaration that the defendant, United Mine Workers of America, Local Union No. 8332, is precluded from seeking arbitration on the present grievance by virtue of an arbitrator’s award to the Company in a previous grievance procedure. Upon the state court’s entry of an order granting temporary injunctive relief, the Union removed the present case from state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…