BIESKI v. EASTERN AUTOMOBILE FORWARDING COMPANY

No. 15083.

354 F.2d 414 (1965)

Lawrence E. BIESKI, Jesse Colpo and Edward W. Keefer, Individually and as Representatives of a Class, Appellants, v. EASTERN AUTOMOBILE FORWARDING COMPANY, Inc., M & G Convoy, Inc., and Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers, Local 107, an Unincorporated Association Affiliated With the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Reargued December 2, 1965.

Decided December 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall J. Seidman, Edward B. Bergman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Seidman & Rome, Solo, Bergman & Trommer, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Joseph T. Walsh, Wilmington, Del. (George S. Dixon, Robert Alan Parr, Matheson, Dixon & Bieneman, Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellees M & G Convoy, Inc. and Eastern Automobile Forwarding Co., Inc.

Richard H. Markowitz, Richard Kirschner, Wilderman, Markowitz & Kirschner, Philadelphia, Pa., Marshall J. Seidman, Philadelphia, Pa., (on reargument), for appellee Union.

Hugh J. Beins, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Eastern Conference Automobile Transporters Joint Committee.

Alvin M. Chanin, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors Joseph Sockolosky, Adam Dorosky and William Greenly.

Before GANEY and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.


FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, three truck drivers formerly employed by Eastern Automobile Forwarding Company, Inc., brought this action for themselves and on behalf of 52 other truck drivers of Eastern under § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), authorizing suits to be brought in the district courts for "violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting...

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