PORT OF HOUSTON AUTH. v. INTERNATIONAL ORG. OF M., M. & P.

No. 72-1010.

456 F.2d 50 (1972)

PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS, AFL-CIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. G. Clinton, Jr., A. J. Harper, II, Houston, Tex. (Fulbright, Crooker & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel), Milton K. Eckert, Houston, Tex., Counsel, Port of Houston Authority, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bertram Perkel, New York City, Herman Wright, W. Arthur Combs, Houston, Tex., Schulman, Abarbanel, Perkel & McEvoy, New York City, Combs & Archer, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

Alleging jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1331 and 1337, appellant Port Authority sought to enjoin the six defendant unions from maintaining so-called informational picket lines against selected foreign vessels in the Port of Houston. After a hearing, the district court denied injunctive relief and this appeal followed. We affirm.

The first determination made by the district court was that the matter involved a labor dispute...

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