DRIVERS, CHAUFFEURS, ETC. v. AKERS MOTOR LINES

Nos. 78-1254, 78-1286.

582 F.2d 1336 (1978)

DRIVERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 71, a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Appellee, v. AKERS MOTOR LINES, INC. and Akers-Central Motor Lines, Inc., Appellants. DRIVERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION 71, a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Appellants, v. AKERS MOTOR LINES, INC. and Akers-Central Motor Lines, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Beins, Washington, D. C. (Jonathan G. Axelrod, Bethesda, Md., Francis M. Fletcher, Jr., Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

J. W. Alexander, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (Blakeney, Alexander & Machen, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a federal court may enjoin an employer, who is in the process of partially liquidating his business, from further encumbering capital assets pending resolution of ongoing arbitration of grievances filed by the union. The district court held that, on the facts of this case, injunctive relief was proper to maintain the status quo. We affirm.

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