MEIER & POHLMANN FURNITURE COMPANY v. GIBBONS

No. 15402.

233 F.2d 296 (1956)

MEIER & POHLMANN FURNITURE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Harold J. GIBBONS, Individually and as Officer, Agent and Member, Representative of Warehouse & Distribution Workers' Union, Local 688, A.F.L., Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, A.F.L., and all other Members of Said Local Union, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Rowe Schwarz, St. Louis, Mo. (Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, St. Louis, Mo., was with him on the brief), for appellant.

Gregory M. Rebman and Harold I. Elbert, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

LaTourette & Rebman and Gregory M. Rebman, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellees Anderson Motor Service, Inc., Hussman & Roper Freight Lines, Inc., Lovelace Truck Service, L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc., and Consolidated Forwarding Co., Inc.

Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Douglas, Edmonstone F. Thompson, and Harold I. Elbert, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellees Southern Plaza Express Co., Inc., and Interstate Dispatch, Inc.

T. D. Drury, St. Louis, Mo., was on the brief for appellees Ben Gutman Truck Service, Inc., and Central Motor Freight, Inc.

Wiley, Craig & Armbruster and Harry Craig, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellees Harold J. Gibbons and Union defendants.

Rosenfeld & Wolfe and Robert G. Wolfe, Terre Haute, Ind., LaTourette & Rebman and Gregory M. Rebman, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellee Eastern Motor Express, Inc.

Max Sigoloff, St. Louis, Mo., was on the brief for appellee B-Mac Transport Co., Inc.

Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts and William H. Charles, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellee Roadway Express, Inc.

Albert E. Schoenbeck, St. Louis, Mo., was on the brief for appellee Wabash Railroad Co.

Wilton D. Chapman, St. Louis, Mo., was on the brief for appellee New York Central Railroad Co.

William R. Gentry and Herbert E. Bryant, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellee Railway Express Agency, Inc.

Harlan & Harlan and John L. Harlan, St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellee Riss Truck Lines.

Paxton H. Ackerman, St. Louis, Mo., was on the brief for appellee Pic Freight Co., Inc.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from final judgment dismissing on its merits the action of Meier & Pohlmann Furniture Company, a Corporation, plaintiff below and appellant here, against two railroads, a pickup and delivery service under contract with the railroads, one express company, thirteen motor carriers, two local unions, one international union, and one union official. For convenience we will generally refer to the parties as plaintiff...

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