1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 605 F.2d
  5. 605 F.2d 31 (1979)
 

MELANSON v. JOHN J. DUANE CO., INC.

No. 79-1097.

605 F.2d 31 (1979)

Louis Earl MELANSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN J. DUANE CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. Appeal of BUILDING WRECKERS' LOCAL 1421, CHELSEA, MASS., OF the LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Sills, Boston, Mass., with whom Segal, Roitman & Coleman, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Dianne W. Hayes, Quincy, Mass., with whom Hayes & Hayes, Quincy, Mass., was on brief, for Louis Earl Melanson.

Jason Berger, Boston, Mass., with whom Snyder, Tepper & Berlin, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for John J. Duane Co., Inc.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this labor case is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to dissolve an order enjoining arbitration of plaintiff's grievances against his employer.

The Facts

Plaintiff-appellee, Louis Earl Melanson, brought a five count complaint on September 28, 1974, against his former employer, John J. Duane Company, Inc., defendant-appellee, and the Building Wreckers' Local 1421 of the Laborers...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases