JERSEY CEN. POW. & LI. CO. v. LOCAL UN. 327, ETC. OF I.B.E.W.

No. 74-2016.

508 F.2d 687 (1975)

JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO., Appellee, v. LOCAL UNIONS 327, 749, 1289, 1298, 1303, 1309 AND 1314 OF the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1975.

As Amended February 14, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Apruzzese, Maurice J. Nelligan, Jr., Trenton, N. J., Apruzzese & McDermott, Springfield, N. J., for appellee.

Edward A. Cohen, Franzblau, Cohen & Falkin, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

William A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Charles L. Reischel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Washington Marshall, Washington, D. C., for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Denis F. Gordon, David L. Rose, Terence G. Connor, Cynthia L. Attwood, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance and General Services Adm.

Ira C. Miller, Pellettieri & Rabstein, Trenton, N. J., for amicus curiae New Jersey State AFL-CIO.

Before VAN DUSEN, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied March 4, 1975.*

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

This case presents to us, in an unusual procedural context, the difficult question of determining which of two allegedly conflicting contracts is to dictate the plaintiff employer's course of conduct. We must resolve whether in reducing a company's work force an employer is obligated to adhere to collective bargaining agreement...

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