VIRGINIA SPRINKLER CO., INC. v. ROAD SPRINKLER FITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 669

No. 88-3121.

868 F.2d 116 (1989)

VIRGINIA SPRINKLER COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, and Virginia Pipe & Supply Co., Plaintiff, v. ROAD SPRINKLER FITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 669, U.A., AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Neal Barkus (Paul E. Mirengoff, David H. Battaglia, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

William Walter Osborne, Jr. (Kathleen A. Murray, Beins, Axelrod & Osborne, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.

Here we must decide whether the district court properly ordered arbitration of a dispute between a company and a labor union. The appellant, Virginia Sprinkler Company, Inc. ("Virginia Sprinkler" or "the company") filed an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 669, U.A., AFL-CIO ("the Union") seeking a declaration...

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