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COMMERCE TANKERS CORPORATIONS v. NAT. MARITIME U. OF AMERICA

Nos. 179, 180, Dockets 76-7217, 7223.

553 F.2d 793 (1977)

COMMERCE TANKERS CORPORATION, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant, and Vantage Steamship Corporation, Intervening Defendant-Appellant, v. NATIONAL MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff-Appellee. VANTAGE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL MARITIME UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. David Cohen, Great Neck, N. Y., for defendant-counterclaimant-appellant.

Martin C. Seham, New York City (Surrey, Karasik, Morse & Seham, Fred C. Klein, Donald F. Devine, New York City, on the brief), for intervening defendant-appellant Vantage Steamship Corp.

Charles Sovel, New York City (Phillips & Cappiello), New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUMBARD and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and COFFRIN, District Judge.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Over six years ago, appellant Commerce Tankers Corporation for pressing economic reasons attempted to sell its last remaining vessel to Vantage Steamship Corp., also appellant here. Appellee National Maritime Union (NMU), which represented the seamen on the vessel, objected to the sale because Commerce had not obtained a commitment from Vantage to continue the NMU as bargaining representative, in accordance with a provision of NMU's collective...

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