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COOPER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 80-2283 Summary Calendar.

651 F.2d 249 (1981)

Robert COOPER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Newman, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. R. Wheatley, Edmond J. Dilworth, Jr., Detroit, Mich., Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Munn & Collins, Ira Butler, Michael A. McConnell, Fort Worth, Tex., for GMC.

Marley S. Weiss, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for International Union et al.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Employees who were once accorded seniority rights by a collective bargaining agreement, now superseded by another agreement, contend that their rights were vested by virtue of the former contract and cannot be abrogated by the later agreement. Because seniority rights are the creature of collective bargaining, we hold that what the contract confers, a later contract, validly made, may take away and affirm the summary judgment dismissing...

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