SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER CO. v. LOCAL UNION NO. 738

No. 18690.

293 F.2d 929 (1961)

SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, Appellant, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 738, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Arnold, W. H. Arnold, III, and Arnold & Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., for appellant.

R. L. Whitehead, Longview, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Southwestern Electric Power Company, herein called the Company, furnishes electric current to consumers in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. It has, and for some years has had, a collective bargaining contract with the appellee, Local Union No. 738, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, herein called the Union. The contract between the Company and the Union contained a seniority clause, Numbered Rule 8 of Article...

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