RITCHIE v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 18456.

410 F.2d 827 (1969)

M. W. RITCHIE, Sr., Mark Cann, B. C. McClanahan and Henry C. Kelly, d/b/a Ritchie Coal Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison Combs, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Edward L. Carey, Willard P. Owens, Washington, D. C., E. H. Rayson, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief.

J. E. Johnson, III, N. Mitchell Meade, and Arthur L. Brooks, Jr., Lexington, Ky., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and KENT, District Judge.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages entered in favor of appellees (Ritchie) against the United Mine Workers of America (UMW).

The action was filed under both federal law and the common law of Kentucky. Federal jurisdiction is based upon § 303 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (LMRA).1 This action also is based upon a tort claim under...

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