UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION v. ALMAC'S

No. 96-1010.

90 F.3d 1 (1996)

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 328, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALMAC'S INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren H. Pyle, with whom Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle & Wanger, P.C., Boston, MA, was on brief for appellant.

Joel D. Applebaum, with whom Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Detroit, MI, was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case raises an important issue at the intersection of federal bankruptcy law and federal labor policy. Almac's, Inc., a New England grocery store chain that employed over 3000 people petitioned in 1993 for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq. Over the objection of the union representing the employees, the bankruptcy court, in a series of emergency interim orders, allowed the debtor...

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