ORION PICTURES v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA

No. 89-56004.

946 F.2d 722 (1991)

ORION PICTURES CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, WEST, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Rothner, Reich, Adell & Crost, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Steven G. Drapkin, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POOLE, KOZINSKI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to determine when a district court may vacate a labor arbitrator's decision under either section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, or section 2 of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2202.

Facts

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. represents script writers in the motion picture industry. It entered into a collective bargaining agreement setting royalty rates to be paid...

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