PEABODY COAL CO. v. LOCAL U. NOS. 1734, 1508 & 1548, U. M. W.

No. 72-2106.

484 F.2d 78 (1973)

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOCAL UNION NOS. 1734, 1508 AND 1548, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, and District 23, United Mine Workers of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

September 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Spenard, Madisonville, Ky., for appellants; William R. Thomas, Madisonville, Ky., Harrison Combs, Washington, D. C., on brief.

Ronald M. Sullivan, Owensboro, Ky., for appellee; William G. Craig, John S. Hager, Sandidge, Holbrook, Craig & Hager, Owensboro, Ky., on brief; Joseph M. Touhill, St. Louis, Mo., of counsel.

Before EDWARDS, PECK and KENT, Circuit Judges.


JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a finding of contempt for violation of a temporary restraining order in a labor dispute. The dispute involved three underground coal mines in Western Kentucky, the Ken, the Star and the River Queen, all owned by the appellee Peabody Coal Co. Each mine is represented by an appellant local union and all three locals are within District 23, United Mine Workers, also a defendant...

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