TEAMSTERS UNION v. GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO.

No. 84-2047.

781 F.2d 764 (1986)

TEAMSTERS UNION LOCAL 315, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Silbert, Albert J. Kutchins, Beeson, Tayer & Silbert, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Wayne D. Landsverk, Jack B. Schwartz, Newcomb, Sabin, Meyer & Schwartz, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Before DUNIWAY, and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and REDDEN, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a single question: What statute of limitations should be "borrowed" to apply to this action brought under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, to compel arbitration of a labor dispute under a collective bargaining agreement providing for arbitration? The trial court applied California's four year statute, Cal.Code Civ.P. § 337: "Within four years: 1. An action upon any contract ....

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