ORPHAN v. FURNCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

No. 71-1455.

466 F.2d 795 (1972)

Al ORPHAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FURNCO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Barnhill, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Theodore Clark, Jr., Joel H. Kaplan, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee, Furnco Construction Corp. ; Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this class action, plaintiffs sought damages resulting from defendant's alleged breach of the collective bargaining contract between it and the Union.2 Jurisdiction was asserted under Section 301(a) of the Taft-Hartley Act (29 U.S.C. § 185(a)). Commencing in June 1969, defendant, a bricklaying and masonry contractor, employed plaintiffs to do construction work...

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