TAFT BROADCAST. CO. v. RADIO BROADCAST TECH. LOC. U. NO. 253

No. 18965.

298 F.2d 707 (1962)

TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY, Appellant, v. RADIO BROADCAST TECHNICIANS LOCAL UNION NO. 253 OF the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert McD. Smith, Birmingham, Ala., J. Mack Swigert, Cincinatti, Ohio (Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, Ala., of counsel), for appellant.

J. R. Goldthwaite, Jr., Adair, Goldthwaite & Stanford, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The District Court held that the Employer was obligated to arbitrate a controversy over whether a radio station should be operated by remote control. The Employer appeals. We affirm.

The Employer operates a TV and two radio stations in Birmingham, Alabama. One radio station is an AM broadcast; the other an FM. Each radio station has a separate transmitter at separate locations. In October 1960 the Employer, without consulting...

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