DAVIS CO. v. UNITED FURN. WORKERS, ETC.

No. 80-1477.

674 F.2d 557 (1982)

The DAVIS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO; Local 282, United Furniture Workers of America, AFL-CIO; and Willie Rudd, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. J. Wade, Hicks, Gillespie, Mames & Agee, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

Ross B. Clark, II, Laughlin, Halle, Regan, Clark & Gibson, Stephen Goodwin, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 13, 1982.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

In this action, brought pursuant to § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 as amended (the Act), 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1976), an employer sought damages from a union and a union official for breach of a collective bargaining agreement. The employer also claimed damages for defamation, asserting pendent state jurisdiction. Following a bench trial, the district court...

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