U.S. POSTAL SERV. v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION

No. 88-15284.

893 F.2d 1117 (1990)

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellant, v. NATIONAL POST OFFICE MAIL HANDLERS, WATCHMEN, MESSENGERS AND GROUP LEADERS DIVISION OF THE LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Anderson, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Kevin B. Rachel, Office of Labor Law, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Orrin Baird, Connerton, Ray & Simon, Washington, D.C., for defendant-cross-claimant-appellee.

Before NORRIS, THOMPSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The American Postal Workers Union ("APWU") appeals the district court's decision ordering tripartite arbitration among the APWU, the United States Postal Service ("USPS"), and the National Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers and Group Leaders Division of the Laborers' International Union of North America ("Mail Handlers"). This case presents a question of first impression: whether a district court may order parties to...

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