UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERN. UNION AND ITS LOCAL 340 v. SPECIALTY PRBD.

No. 1523, Docket 93-7093.

999 F.2d 51 (1993)

UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION AND ITS LOCAL 340, on behalf of themselves, their members and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SPECIALTY PAPERBOARD, INC. and Rock-Tenn Co., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Briggs, Burlington, VT (Downs, Rachlin & Martin, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

John D. Shullenberger, Burlington, VT (Mickenberg, Dunn, Sirotkin & Dorsch, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: OAKES, WINTER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The facts of the case are simple: on Friday, March 15, 1991, defendant Specialty Paperboard Inc. ("SPI") sold a paper mill located in Sheldon Springs, Vermont to defendant Rock-Tenn Co. ("RTC") and terminated the jobs of all 232 employees of the mill. That same day, RTC rehired 141 of these employees. On March 13, 1992, the United Paperworkers International Union and Local 340 (the "union") brought suit on behalf of the laid-off employees under...

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