CRAWFORD v. UNITED STEELWORKERS, AFL-CIO

Record Nos. 820922, 820938 and 820948.

335 S.E.2d 828 (1985)

Larry CRAWFORD, et al. v. UNITED STEELWORKERS, AFL-CIO, et al. Kermit STEVERS v. G.W. KEFFER, et al. M.E. COLLINS, et al. v. Larry CRAWFORD, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Newton Wilhoit, III, McLean (James L. Hutton, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton, Blacksburg, on briefs), for appellants in No. 820922.

Jeremiah A. Collins, Washington, D.C. (Michael H. Gottesman, David M. Silberman, Washington, D.C., Robert H. Stropp, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., C. Barry Anderson, Radford, R. Keith Neely; John S. Huntington, Christiansburg, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., Goldsmith & Anderson, Radford, on brief), for appellees in No. 820922.

R. Keith Neely, John S. Huntington, Christiansburg, on brief, for appellant in No. 820938. Appellant submitting on brief.

James Newton Wilhoit, III, McLean (James L. Hutton, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton, Blacksburg, on brief), for appellees in No. 820938.

Jeremiah A. Collins, Washington, D.C. (Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D.C., Robert H. Stropp, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., C. Barry Anderson, Radford, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., Goldsmith & Anderson, Radford, on brief), for appellants in No. 820948.

James Newton Wilhoit, III, McLean (James L. Hutton, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton, Blacksburg, on brief), for appellees in No. 820948.

Virginia Chamber of Commerce (James A. Harper, Jr., J. Scott Robinson, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on brief), for amicus curiae appellees in No. 820948.

Present: All the Justices.


THOMAS, Justice.

I. Background

These three appeals arise out of a protracted, hotly contested labor dispute. In August 1977, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 14948 (the Local), with approval of its parent organization, United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO (the International), went on strike against Virginia Lime Company (Virginia Lime). The strike lasted eighteen months. Shortly after the...

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