ADAMS v. BUDD COMPANY

No. 15146.

349 F.2d 368 (1965)

James E. ADAMS, John Henry Cottman, a/k/a John Henry Randall, Leon W. Patton and Obediah Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. The BUDD COMPANY and United Automobile Workers of America, Budd's Local #813.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Shigon, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Richard H. Markowitz, Wilderman, Markowitz & Kirschner, Philadelphia, Pa. (Richard Kirschner, Philadelphia, Pa., D'Agui & Del Collo, Don F. D'Agui, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Union.

Samuel Fessenden, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa. (Carter R. Buller, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Budd Co.

Before KALODNER, HASTIE and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Asserting existence of federal jurisdiction under Section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947,1 the plaintiffs, employees of The Budd Company ("Budd") and members of United Automobile Workers of America, Local No. 813 ("Union") brought this action alleging that Budd and Union, "collusively" and "in bad faith", conspired to deprive them of a "super-seniority" status which they had acquired under...

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