Legal Opinion
Community Electric Service of Los Angeles, Inc. v. National Electrical Contractors Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1989No. Nos. 87-6280, 88-5616 and 88-5663PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the consolidation of three appeals from an antitrust suit with nine defendants. We must determine whether Community Electric Service, Inc. had the capacity to sue in federal court and whether its pleadings warrant Rule 11 sanctions.
FACTS
Community Electric, an electrical contracting company operating in Los Angeles County, bid successfully on a Palm Springs contract in an effort to expand its business geographically. It signed a letter of assent binding it to a collective bargaining agreement between the International Brotherhood of Electrical…
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