HOSP. EMP. LABOR PROGRAM, CHICAGO v. RIDGEWAY HOSP.

No. 76-2284.

570 F.2d 167 (1978)

HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES LABOR PROGRAM OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, including its sponsoring organizations, Local 743, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, and Local 73, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RIDGEWAY HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Macdonald, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Marvin Gittler, Joel A. D'Alba, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TONE, Circuit Judge, KUNZIG, Judge, and BAUER, Circuit Judge.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), confers federal jurisdiction over a union's claim against a not-for-profit hospital for breach of a contractual duty to arbitrate when the hospital became subject to the Act only after the duty arose. The District Court entered summary judgment against the hospital and ordered it to arbitrate. We reverse the judgment.

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